The last Civil War was alleged to have been about the 'freedom of slaves.' The next civil war will likely involve the freedom of migrants. Perhaps there is a pattern.
Relaying an exchange with a reporter on X, Higgins reasoned that the Biden administration was "staging a civil war," so Texas would be within its right to ignore the ruling from the nation’s highest court.
"Media: ’Congressman Higgins, the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of the Biden Admin over the State of Texas, saying that the federal government can remove physical barriers at the border put in place by Texas. What are your thoughts?'" Higgins recalled being asked.
"Me: ’My thoughts are that the feds are staging a civil war, and Texas should stand their ground,'" he wrote.
The controversial statement was in response to a 5-4 ruling from the Supreme Court on Monday. The court ruled in favor of a Jan. 2 request by the Justice Department to intervene in a dispute between the Biden administration and Texas, coming after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit stopped the federal government from cutting wire set up by Texas to deter immigrants from illegally crossing the border.
The Supreme Court said the administration should be able to remove physical barriers set up by the state of Texas.