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Texas officers are still erecting border wire and some Republicans are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to defy the high court.<\/em><\/p>\n By Davis Winkie and Uriel J. Garc\u00eda, The Texas Tribune<\/strong><\/p>\n This article was shared as part of an ongoing project between Military Times and the The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom that informs Texans about state policy and politics. Sign up for The Brief, its daily newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n The Texas National Guard and state troopers are still rolling out concertina wire and preventing Border Patrol agents from accessing most of Shelby Park, a 47-acre Eagle Pass park that sits on the bank of the Rio Grande where thousands of migrants have crossed.<\/p>\n Those continued efforts come despite the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week vacating a lower court\u2019s decision that prevented Border Patrol agents from cutting the state\u2019s concertina wire to apprehend people who already crossed the river.<\/p>\n The Supreme Court\u2019s 5-4 order didn\u2019t give any reason and didn\u2019t explicitly say Border Patrol agents were allowed to access the park or that the state had to remove the concertina wire. So the state has doubled down and some Republican lawmakers have said Texas should defy the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n According to NBC News, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency that oversees the Border Patrol, sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton\u2019s office Tuesday demanding that immigration officers be allowed access to the park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n