sandra: texas taking matters into its own hands to bolster border security. the state now using an emergency declaration to seize land along the rio grande and limit migrant crossing. matt is live in eagle pass with the latest on the unprecedented move. what are they hearing, matt. sandra, behind me is shelby park in eagle pass, and if you ve seen the footage from eagle pass, most has come from inside the park. why, the rio grande river cuts through and where migrants arrive into the united states. in this unprecedented move, governor greg abbott has ordered the fence to be put up and you can see the texas national guard blocking the entrance to this park. texas is arguing that the biden administration is perpetuating illegal immigration so texas is going to handle this property from here on out.
federal law enforcement agency, from accessing a section of the texas/mexico border. this angered the biden administrations and caught homeland security officials by surprise. it s the latest escalation in the contentious effort to curb migrant crossing at the u.s. southern border. cnn s rosa flores is in houston. why is texas saying it has the right to block u.s. border patrol agents from parts of the border? reporter: well, jake, texas governor greg abbott says texas has the legal authority to restrict access to geographic areas of the state and the texas military department is doubling down on that, issuing a statement saying in part, the current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant surges and to restrict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in the park and the greater eagle pass area, but here s the backstory of this latest feud between texas and the biden administration. on wednesday the state of texas took custody and control of a
moment now, the white house will hold its first briefing of the new year as we learn when we will see the first impeachment hearing for homeland security secretary mayorkas. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. john: great to be back with you after the holidays. john roberts in washington. this is america reports . president biden returning from vacation last night and is already playing the blame game when it comes to securing the border. listen here. meanwhile, the white house is asking the supreme court to let border agents cut nearly 30 miles of razor wire texas installed to prevent migrant crossing, and all of this as