Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) led 24 members of the Texas delegation in requesting information from the Biden administration regarding the decision to restart border barrier construction — but only in Starr County, Texas — calling into question the real motives behind the Administration’s decision.
The members of Congress wrote, “…the recent notice to restart border wall construction – only in Starr County – raises the question of whether or not DHS and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are preempting a Starr County-specific lawsuit filed by GLO. It also raises questions as to why the Biden administration is not restarting border wall construction in other border sectors.”
When President Biden took office, he issued a proclamation halting the construction of the border wall along our southern border. Prior to this, he even said “not another foot” of border wall would be built on his watch. However, last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would resume construction of barriers in Starr County, Texas.
“While the continued building of the southern border wall is a welcome development – as more than 6 million migrants have been encountered at our border since Biden took office… local officials in Starr County have noted that a new border wall in the county is unlikely to have an impact – at least in the short term – because they have not experienced recent surges in migration.”
“This raises the question why DHS would start with – and only restart – border wall construction in Starr County, even going as far as waiving 26 federal laws to do so, and not restart border wall construction in additional sectors or counties along the border.”
The lawmakers said,“Our border is still in chaos. The American people deserve to know the extent of the executive branch’s border security decisions and the motivations behind them.”
Co-signers of the letter include Representatives Michael Burgess (TX-26), Jake Ellzey (TX-6), Michael Cloud (TX-27), Lance Gooden (TX-5), Brian Babin (TX-36), Pat Fallon (TX-4), Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Beth Van Duyne (TX-24), Keith Self (TX-3), Nathaniel Moran (TX-1), Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Michael McCaul (TX-10), Randy Weber (TX-14), Dan Crenshaw (TX-2), August Pfluger (TX-11), John Carter (TX-31), Troy Nehls (TX-22), Roger Williams (TX-25), Pete Sessions (TX-17), Wesley Hunt (TX-38), Morgan Lutrell (TX-8), Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Kay Granger (TX-12).
Read the full letter here.
