under an emergency declaration. by way of explanation, abbott, who has shipped migrants to democratic-run cities, posted we are making clear that texas will be a tough place to cross. in response, the doj petitioned the u.s. supreme court, writing texas' actions demonstrate an escalation of the state's measures to block the border patrol's ability to patrol or surveil the border and be in a position to respond to emergencies, and asked the court to restore border patrol's access to the border it is charged with patrolling and the migrants it is responsible for apprehending, inspecting and processing. meanwhile, in new york city, the overwhelming number of asylum seekers needing to be housed led to one brooklyn high school having to switch its students to remote learning so that their high school building could house nearly 2,000 migrants due to bad weather. on trump's fox news town hall wednesday, he said this about the border -- >> we're going to have the