TEXAS — Texas has been granted a stay in a battle it’s waging against the Biden administration over border security.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday secured an administrative stay that will temporarily prevent Border Patrol agents from cutting razor wire that the state installed along the banks of the Rio Grande.

In late November, a judge issued a ruling permitting the cutting of the concertina wire fencing.

“I am pleased the court recognized the extent of the federal government’s blatant and disturbing efforts to subvert law and order at our State’s border with Mexico,” Paxton wrote. “This is an important step supporting Texas’s right to protect our citizens from Biden’s doctrine of open borders at any cost.”

Texas has installed razor wire around El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley, where migrants have also crossed in high numbers. But the barrier has drawn the sharpest criticism in Eagle Pass, where some state troopers have raised concerns over the multiple injuries caused by razor wire.

The razor wire is part of Gov. Greg Abbott's sprawling border security mission, known as Operation Lone Star, which seeks to both deter migrants from entering from Mexico and funnel those who do cross to ports of entry. Migrants of all ages, including children, have received lacerations and injuries from their contact with the wire.