Texas Border Standoff Timeline

The timeline so far.

The Texas Border Standoff is ongoing. This is a timeline of events so far.

Timeline

January 12, 2024 - "SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM REGARDING EMERGENCY APPLICATION TO VACATE THE INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL" - US Supreme Court

January 22, 2024 - Application to vacate is granted. [Dissenting: Thomas Alito Gorsuch Kavanaugh] - US Supreme Court

17:50, January 22, 2024 - "This is not over" - Texas Governor Greg Abbott

21:26, January 22, 2024 "Texas is the only state using every strategy & resource to protect its sovereignty, combat criminal activity, & discourage illegal immigration. #Texas will continue to hold the line." - Lt Chris Olivarez, spokesman of Texas Department of Public Safety

9:00, January 23, 2024 - "Texas National Guard Soldiers, along with Department of Public Safety, block illegal immigrants from crossing into the US from Mexico." - Texas Military Department

11:42, January 23, 2024 - "Texas National Guard soldiers are setting up more razor wire here in Eagle Pass to repel illegal crossings." - CBSNEWS

12:27, January 23, 2024 - "The Texas National Guard continues to hold the line in Eagle Pass. Texas will not back down from our efforts to secure the border in Biden’s absence." - Texas Governor Greg Abbott

16:11, January 23, 2024 - "If Abbott is defying yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, @POTUS needs to establish sole federal control of the Texas National Guard now." - Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro

18:54, January 23, 2024 - "Governor GregAbbott_TX is doing what @POTUS won’t. By refusing to act, President Biden is inviting cartels, illegal drugs, and human trafficking into the United States. We must secure the southern border." - Montana Governor Greg Gianforte

13:14, January 24, 2024 - Statement on Texas’ constitutional right to self-defense. - Texas Governor Greg Abbott

14:19, January 24, 2024 - "Oklahoma stands with Texas." - Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt

14:32, January 24, 2024 - "@TxDPS & @TXMilitary will continue to hold the line. #OperationLoneStar" - Lt Chris Olivarez, spokesman of Texas Department of Public Safety

15:00, January 24, 2024 - " if Abbott is defying yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, @POTUS needs to establish sole federal control of the Texas National Guard." - Congressman Greg Casar

15:20, January 24, 2024 - "@GregAbbott_TX is exactly right to invoke Texas’ constitutional authority to defend itself. The Biden Administration has created a national security crisis and put Americans in danger. Their failure is an unconstitutional dereliction of duty. South Dakota has been proud to help Gov. Abbott’s efforts to secure our border." - South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem

20:40, January 24, 2024 - "Virginia stands with Texas. @GregAbbott_TX is doing the job Joe Biden and his border czar refuse to do to secure our border. The Biden administration has turned every state into a border state. We must stop the flow of fentanyl, save lives, and secure our southern border." - Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin

21:33, January 24, 2024 - "Enough is enough. Our southern border is in crisis thanks to the Biden administration’s refusal to do their job. @GregAbbott_TX and the state of Texas have our full support." - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp

21:55, January 24, 2024, - "We just got a copy of the letter the Department of Homeland Security sent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton demanding access to Shelby Park by Friday." - KSAT Daniela Ibarra

22:29, January 24, 2024 - "I stand with Governor Abbott. The House will do everything in its power to back him up." - Speaker Mike Johnson

0:45, January 25, 2024 - "Texas is absolutely right. This administration is deliberately breaking the law by aiding and abetting illegal immigration at an unprecedented scale!" - Elon Musk

6:52, January 25, 2024 - "I stand shoulder-to-shoulder with @GovAbbott to defend Texas. As your Attorney General, I stand ready to bringing any legal means necessary to defend Texas. We will push back against this out of control Federal Government to defend our state sovereignty." - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

8:39, January 25, 2024 - "The failure to secure our border has created a massive flow of illegal drugs, national security and terrorism risks, and a humanitarian crisis. I was proud to order Nebraska State Troopers and National Guard to the border last year, and Nebraska is proud to stand with Texas now." - Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen

8:49, January 25, 2024 - "Texas has every right to stand its ground [...] and Florida will be there to continue helping out every step of the way." - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis [Video in link]

9:32, January 25, 2024 - "Louisiana stands with Texas. Enough is enough." - Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry

12:09, January 25, 2024 - "If President Biden won’t defend us, states will have to defend themselves. Arkansas stands with Texas." - Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders

14:51, January 25, 2024 - "In the face of this National Security, Public Safety, and Public Health Catastrophe, Texas has rightly invoked the Invasion Clause of the Constitution, and must be given full support to repel the Invasion.…" - President Donald Trump

14:51, January 25, 2024 - "We encourage all willing States to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the entry of Illegals, and to remove them back across the Border." - President Donald Trump

15:30, January 25, 2024 - 25 Republican governors issue a statement supporting Texas Governor Greg Abbott's right to self-defense and accused the Biden Administration of leaving the country vulnerable by not addressing illegal immigration at the Southern border. - Source

Signatories include: Governor Kay Ivey (AL), Governor Mike Dunleavy (AK), Governor Sarah Sanders (AR), Governor Ron DeSantis (FL), Governor Brian Kemp (GA), Governor Brad Little (ID), Governor Eric Holcomb (IN), Governor Kim Reynolds (IA), Governor Jeff Landry (LA), Governor Tate Reeves (MS), Governor Mike Parson (MO), Governor Greg Gianforte (MT), Governor Jim Pillen (NE), Governor Joe Lombardo (NV), Governor Chris Sununu (NH), Governor Doug Burgum (ND), Governor Mike DeWine (OH), Governor Kevin Stitt (OK), Governor Henry McMaster (SC), Governor Kristi Noem (SD), Governor Bill Lee (TN), Governor Spencer Cox (UT), Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA), Governor Jim Justice (WV), and Governor Mark Gordon (WY).

10:52, January 26 2024 - My Administration is pausing pending decisions on new Liquefied Natural Gas exports. During the pause, we'll take a hard look at the impacts of exports on costs, energy security, and climate change – the existential threat of our time. We're committed to getting this right. - Joe Biden

12:03, January 26, 2024 - Rank-and file BP agents are not going to start arresting TX NG members for following their LAWFUL orders. That's fake news. TX NG and rank-and-file BP agents work together and respect each other's jobs. Period. If TX NG members have LAWFUL orders, then they have to carry out those orders. TX NG members realize that rank-and-file BP agents have their orders as well. Lawful orders, no matter how unpopular or distasteful amongst rank-and-file agents, must be followed. Unlawful orders (as determined by competent legal counsel and not what some outhouse lawyer behind a keyboard says) will not be followed. Rank-and-file BP agents appreciate and respect what TX has been doing to defend their state in the midst of this catastrophe that the Biden Admin has unleashed on America. We want to be perfectly clear, there is no fight between rank-and-file BP agents and the TX NG, Gov. Abott, or TX DPS. It may make flashy headlines, but it simply isn't true. - Border Patrol Union (NBPC)

12:24, January 26, 2024 - Biden’s decision to freeze LNG exports threatens Texas—and America. This reckless decision is a gut punch to the hard-working men and women in the energy industry. It also could cause some countries to rely upon dirty coal as opposed to cleaner burning natural gas. - Texas Governor Greg Abbott

17:00, January 26, 2024 - Attorney General Ken Paxton Refuses Biden Administration's Demand to Surrender Shelby Park and End Border Security Measures. - Texas Attorney General

20:37, January 26, 2024 - Today, I denied the Biden Administration’s unfounded requests & issued counter-demands. By February 15, DHS must supply the official plat maps & deeds demonstrating the precise parcels to which they claim ownership, an explanation of how Texas is preventing access to those specific parcels, documentation showing that Eagle Pass or Texas ever granted permission for DHS to erect infrastructure that interferes with border security, & proof of Congress empowering DHS to turn a Texas park into an unofficial & illegal port of entry. If the federal gov. is going to make such claims, it must provide proof.  Presumably because you have no meaningful response to our letter, your latest letter abandons earlier factual assertions, asserts new ones, & supplies even less of a legal basis for your demand. Once again, I respectfully suggest that any time you might spend suing Texas should be redirected toward enforcing the immigration laws Congress already has on the books. As I said before, this office will continue to defend Texas’s efforts to protect its southern border against every effort by the Biden Administration to undermine the State’s constitutional right of self-defense. - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

09:00, January 27, 2024 - I am proud to stand with and fight for Texas against the Biden Border Crisis. It is the federal government's responsibility to stop this invasion, but it has not. Governor Abbott is absolutely correct that states have the sovereign right to protect themselves from invasion. - Senator Ted Cruz

16:57, January 27, 2024 - President Trump in Nevada: "Just yesterday, Biden blocked the export of American natural gas to other countries... I will approve the export terminals on my very first day back." - MAGA War Room

Last updated - 18:30 CST - January 27, 2024

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