Biden administration orders Texas to stop obstructing federal agents at Eagle Pass park

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given Texas until Wednesday to allow Border Patrol agents access to the Rio Grande through a state-controlled city park in Eagle Pass after the federal government blamed the drowning deaths of three migrants on state officials.

The cease-and-desist letter, sent Sunday to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, ordered the state to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from entering Shelby Park. If the state refuses, the Biden administration will ask the Justice Department to intervene.

“Texas’s failure to provide access to the border persists even in instances of imminent danger to life and safety,” wrote Jonathan E. Meyer, general counsel for Homeland Security. “Texas’s actions are clearly unconstitutional and are actively disrupting the federal government’s operations.”

Gov. Greg Abbott’s office did not immediately respond to an email asking how the state planned to respond. The friction between the state and federal governments over border security operations has escalated since Wednesday, when the state took control of Shelby Park — an almost 50-acre site on the banks of the Rio Grande — over the objections of Eagle Pass’ Democratic mayor.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Eric Burlison wants to know the truth about aliens. In his first term in Congress, the Missouri Republican is pushing the federal government to reveal more about unidentified aerial phenomenon, the new term for what used to be called UFOS.

But in an interview with The Star after he received a classified briefing about UAPS on Friday, Burlison said he’s no closer to answering the big questions he had before entering Congress.

“There’s nothing that’s been said that’s changed my worldview,” Burlison said. “I believe the veracity of the claims of the people who testified in the public hearing. Now, that being said, I believe that what they believe they said is true.”

He was referring to a public hearing in July, where a retired Navy pilot testified that he had seen an unknown object flying over the ocean, performing maneuvers that he believed were technologically impossible at the time.

MO LAWMAKER SAID A CLASSIFIED BRIEFING DIDN’T BRING HIM CLOSER TO THE TRUTH ABOUT ALIENS