Court orders Biden administration to stop selling border wall material

A court on Friday ordered President Joe Biden's administration to stop selling border wall construction materials ahead of the next presidential administration.

The administration has been selling excess border wall materials for low prices ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second term. It comes after Biden halted construction of the wall, and Congress authorized the administration last year to dispose of unused border wall materials as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that the administration has confirmed that it will oblige the court order and stop disposing of any further border wall materials over the next 30 days, according to Fox News.

"We have successfully blocked the Biden Administration from disposing of any further border wall materials before President Trump takes office," Paxton said in a statement. "This follows our major victory forcing Biden to build the wall, and we will hold his Administration accountable for illegally subverting our Nation’s border security until their very last day in power, especially where their actions are clearly motivated by a desire to thwart President-elect Trump’s immigration agenda."

The order comes after Texas promised to help Trump finish building a wall along the United States southern border with Mexico. 

Trump previously pleaded for the Biden administration to stop selling material for the wall, claiming it was an almost "criminal act."

"What they're doing is really an act, it's almost a criminal act," he said. "They know we're going to use it and if we don't have it, we're going to have to rebuild it, and it'll cost double what it cost years ago, and that's hundreds of millions of dollars because you're talking about a lot of, a lot of wall."

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.