According to Customs and Border Protection, federal agents were “physically barred” by state officials from responding to the situation. Texas officials said that was “wholly inaccurate.”
Once a frequent crossing point, Starr County in South Texas, where new border barriers are planned by the Biden administration, has been relatively calm, local officials said.
The Biden administration’s decision to add to the border wall is a confusing one. And the president has insisted that he does not think the new wall will be effective.