Missouri's GOP Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a victory in a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration over the use of funding for a border wall, reported. Missouri and Texas sued after the administration refused to complete the project but recently obtained a court order compelling them to do so.
Bailey took to X, formerly Twitter, Tuesday to announce the victory and the fact that the administration will not appeal it. "BREAKING: I obtained a court order forcing border czar [Vice President] KamalaHarris and [President] Joe Biden to finish President [Donald] Trump’s border wall," Bailey wrote.
"They decided NOT to appeal, making our win FINAL. The rest of President Trump’s border wall is going up because of this lawsuit."
🚨BREAKING: I obtained a court order forcing border czar @KamalaHarris and @JoeBiden to finish President Trump’s border wall.
They decided NOT to appeal, making our win FINAL.
The rest of President Trump’s border wall is going up because of this lawsuit.
— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) July 30, 2024
The Biden administration inherited $1.4 billion in funds from the Trump administration with the stiplation that the money "shall only be available for construction of barrier systems along the southwest border," a news release from Bailey's office explained. The Biden Administration refused to comply.
"When asked why the Biden Administration 'did not build a barrier, such as a wall, to keep migrants out,' it replied that '[i]t is not the policy of this administration' because '[w]e do not agree with the building of a wall.'" The Department of Homeland Security also refused.
They were so desperate to stop the wall project that the Biden administration called on Congress to cancel the funding altogether. "Yet when Congress did not capitulate to its demands, the Biden Administration ignored its constitutional obligations to abide by Congress’ appropriations laws and opted not to use the funding for the purpose Congress directed," Bailey's statement explained.
In response to this, Missouri and Texas sued the federal government. "Joe Biden refuses to carry out his constitutionally mandated responsibilities, so we took him to court to force him to do his job," Bailey said.
The Biden administration tried to thwart the lawsuit by denying Missouri had standing to sue. However, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals would ultimately decide it did and rule in favor of the plaintiffs.
This ruling comes at a time when Harris is attempting to distance herself from the open borders policies of the Biden administration. As the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Harris must contend with the destruction wrought by their unwillingness to stop it.
In March 2021, Harris was charged with finding out why so many people were attempting to cross the border in the first place, Fox News reported. However, she never made a dent in the problem and instead dug her heels into her failures.
She was asked by NBC's Lester Holt in June 2021 whether she planned to go to the U.S.-Mexico border that she was charged with securing. She ended up with one of her worst blunders. "You haven’t been to the border," Holt said to Harris.
"And I haven’t been to Europe," she replied and then laughed about it. This epitomized her devil-may-care attitude about this serious subject. Over the next several months, the border crossings would continue to shatter records as it became clear the administration had no appetite to stop it.
Thanks to the lawsuit, the Biden administration will now be forced to continue Trump's border wall. However, the best thing that could happen now would be for Trump to retake the White House and fix it himself.
