Texas again deployed a barrier to deter migrants without a federal permit. This time at the New Mexico border

A battle is quietly brewing between Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over the state’s deployment of razor wire at its border with neighboring New Mexico – its latest effort to curb illegal immigration on federal land without a permit.

The International Boundary and Water Commission, which administers the boundary and water treaties between the US and Mexico, told the Texas National Guard earlier this month that it is “encroaching on federal property” and that such activity could “lead to violations of federal laws, international agreements, and hydraulic issues within the flood plain” of the Rio Grande, according to an email first obtained by CNN.