Judge temporarily bars federal government from cutting razor wire along the Texas border
A federal judge temporarily barred the federal government from removing or cutting razor wire Texas authorities have placed in areas near the U.S. - Mexico border. A federal judge has temporarily barred the federal government from removing or cutting concertina wire Texas authorities have placed in areas near the U.S. - Mexico border. Judge Alia Moses granted the state’s request for a temporary restraining order as part of a lawsuit Texas filed last week, but left an exception if cutting the wire would prevent "serious bodily injury or death." "The Court shall grant the temporary relief requested, with one important exception for any medical emergency that most likely results in serious bodily injury or death to a person, absent any boats or other life-saving apparatus available to avoid such medical emergencies prior to reaching the concertina wire barrier," Judge Moses wrote in the filing on Monday. The temporary restraining order is part of a lawsuit that Texas...