Texas can keep securing the border. Supreme Court didn't prevent it

There's confusion around the Supreme Court's recent order regarding attempts in Texas to seal the state's southern border. Here's what is really going on and what might happen next.

Despite the Supreme Court’s order, Texas has a strong possibility of ultimately winning this case on the merits. Contrary to the Biden administration’s claims, Texas is not interfering in the federal government’s enforcement of federal immigration law. 

The federal district court’s factual findings were all in favor of Texas and cited the federal government’s refusal to enforce immigration law. In fact, as Texas outlined its brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, the district court concluded that the evidence "amply demonstrates the utter failure of the Defendants to deter, prevent, and halt unlawful entry into the United States." The district court criticized the Biden administration for seeking "judicial blessing of practices that both directly contravene those same [federal] statutory obligations and require the destruction of the Plaintiff’s property."