Texas National Guard seizes Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, blocking federal Border Patrol agents

Texas National Guard soldiers blocked U.S. Border Patrol agents from accessing 2.5 miles of Rio Grande riverbank at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass on January 10, 2024, acting on Governor Greg Abbott's invocation of Article I, Section 10, which he claimed gave Texas the right to repel an "invasion" without federal permission. The blockade came after a federal district court had ordered Texas to allow Border Patrol to remove its razor wire. Texas physically turned away federal law enforcement officers, creating the most direct state-federal confrontation over immigration authority since the civil rights era.