This Fiscal Year, more than one million people have tried to cross the border illegally, many of them multiple times.
If the Biden administration is unsuccessful in appealing the ruling, it will take effect on September 30.
Thousands of illegal aliens, most of whom from Haiti, are waiting in Del Rio, Texas, to be arrested by border patrol agents.
Abbott has confronted the federal government and issued a flurry of executive orders in recent months designed to deter illegal immigration.
Congressman Chip Roy has called for the impeachment of United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
Gov. Greg Abbott prohibited anyone except law enforcement from providing “ground transportation” for individuals arrested by border police.
Abbott wrote in a letter to the Texas Military Department that “more manpower is needed” to apprehend illegal aliens breaking state law.
Republican Land Commissioner George P. Bush points to the funding that Congress allocated toward the border wall.
The sheriffs claim that the Biden administration’s actions are hampering the ability of deputies to perform public safety functions.
Gov. Greg Abbott has previously declared a state of disaster in 34 counties over illegal immigration along the southern border.
Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized for declining to visit the southern border since being appointed "border czar."
Retired ICE Special Agent Victor Avila says illegal aliens are “exploiting these new policies under the Biden administration.”
