Republican Rep. to Introduce Bill Prohibiting Federal Officials from Removing Border Barriers

Representative Mike Collins (R-GA) is planning to introduce a bill prohibiting federal officials from removing border barriers.

The Restricting Administration Zealots from Obliging Raiders (RAZOR) Act bans officials, including the U.S. Border Patrol, from “removing or otherwise altering any state-constructed barriers installed to mitigate illegal immigration,” according to a press release.

“President Biden is aiding and abetting illegal aliens who are swarming our border and raiding our country’s resources,” Collins said in a statement. “Why else would he try to stop the state of Texas from turning them back to Mexico? With the Supreme Court siding with the America Last policies of the Biden administration, Congress must stand with Governor Greg Abbott as he fights for the sovereignty of his state and our nation.”

On X, Collins wrote, “Today, I’m introducing the RAZOR Act. This bill would ban the federal government from removing Texas or any other state’s border barriers.”

“If the Supreme Court won’t allow states to defend their sovereignty and our nation, Congress has a moral imperative to act,” he added.

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal agents may remove the southern border’s razor wire, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) invoked the right of “self-defense” to combat the state’s border crisis.

“The failure of the Biden administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV Section 4 has triggered Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3, which reserves to this State the right of self-defense,” he wrote. “For these reasons, I have already declared an invasion under Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary. The Texas National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other Texas personnel are acting on that authority, as well as state law, to secure the Texas border.”