The Supreme Court has allowed Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the border in a victory for the Biden administration.

The justices, by a 5-4 vote, granted an emergency appeal from the Biden administration, which has been in an escalating standoff at the border with Texas and had objected to an appellate ruling in favor of the state.

The concertina wire is part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott‘s broader fight with the administration over immigration enforcement.

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