The General Land Office of the State of Texas et al v. Biden et al

  1. September 18, 2023

    Texas, Missouri Say DHS Must Use Border Funds As Intended

    Texas and Missouri further urged a Lone Star State federal judge to preliminarily block the Biden administration from halting construction of the Southwest border wall, saying the administration is using funds Congress specifically designated for border wall construction "for anything but walls."

  2. August 28, 2023

    Feds Say No 'Drop Dead Date' For Projects In Border Wall Row

    The Biden administration says it can't land on any uniform date by which it should wind down border wall construction-related projects if a Texas federal court ends or modifies ongoing funding actions, as time varies depending on the projects' statuses.

  3. August 21, 2023

    Feds Say States Can't Use Indirect Costs To Force Border Wall

    The Lone Star State hasn't shown an injury that can be traced to the Biden administration's halt of border wall construction and therefore lacks grounds to challenge the decision, the U.S. government has argued to a Texas federal judge.

  4. August 16, 2023

    Feds Want More Briefing Room In Revived Border Wall Suit

    Federal officials have asked to file an expanded brief in Texas federal court litigation surrounding the Biden administration's halted construction funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, telling the court that circumstances have shifted in the nearly two years since Republican-led states sought a court order directing the White House to resume border wall spending.

  5. August 11, 2023

    Revived Texas Border Wall Funding Suit Gets New Judge

    A consolidated suit brought by Missouri, Texas and the Texas General Land Office challenging the Biden administration's halt to border wall funding will now be heard by a Trump appointee who has previously blocked Biden administration immigration measures.

  6. April 03, 2023

    Judge Denies Texas' Document Request In Border Wall Suit

    Texas land managers' bid to force the Biden administration to turn over mountains of documents in a lawsuit over a building halt on the southern border wall has been turned down by a federal judge as unnecessary in the Lone Star State agency's administrative law claims.

  7. August 09, 2022

    Texas, Mo. Go To 5th Circ. Over Border Wall Funding Ruling

    Texas and Missouri told a Texas federal judge that they plan to file an appeal in the Fifth Circuit of a recent ruling that tossed the states' claims over the Biden administration's paused construction funding for the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

  8. August 04, 2022

    Texas And Mo. Fail To Win Border Wall Claims Against Biden

    A federal judge has thrown out most claims by Texas, its General Land Office and Missouri against the Biden administration over the president's decision to slow construction funds for former President Donald Trump's wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, finding that the states' constitutional arguments failed.