In its ruling on Wednesday, the 5th Circuit dismissed the administration's claim that the federal government's sovereign immunity barred the Texas lawsuit.

A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass, which has become the center of the state's aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings.

A federal appeals court has blocked the Biden administration from removing razor wire put up by Texas officials on the Mexico border.