A Texas rancher is suing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for mishandling the southern border and allowing a "flood" of illegal immigrants to harm his property and livestock.
Rancher Michael Vicker has incurred thousands of dollars in damages from migrants crossing his property since 2021.
The aliens "routinely cause thousands of dollars in damage to fences or gates as they pass through the ranch," the lawsuit states.
The migrants also leave litter, causing significant environmental damage on his 1,000 acre-property and putting his cattle in harms' way.
"Aliens also deposit tons of trash and litter as they traverse Plaintiffs’ ranch, which compromises food and water sources for livestock."
"For instance, Plaintiff Vickers has autopsied cows with their rumen (large stomach) impacted with plastic bags and trash. Cattle also escape through cut fences and gates torn down by illegal aliens."
"Since early 2021, Plaintiff Vickers has incurred more than $50,000 in fence and gate damages alone. Plaintiff Vickers has also spent thousands of dollars to mitigate environmental damage."
Beyond the damage done, Vickers and his wife must be constantly armed because of an influx of criminal gang members from groups like MS-13.
The chaos is deliberate, Vickers claims, echoing Republicans who have long accused the Biden administration of pursuing an open border agenda.
The Biden-Harris administration "knowingly adopted numerous immigration policies … that, working in concert, encourage and facilitate the entrance and release of record numbers of illegal aliens into the United States while simultaneously preventing the removal of the vast majority of aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States," the lawsuit states.
In July, illegal immigration declined to its lowest point under Biden, but the impact of three and a half years of record border crossings is still being felt.
Democrats have been eager to downplay the chaos as Republicans ramp up attacks on presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' role as "border czar."
The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) is bringing the lawsuit on behalf of Vickers and Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe, as well as Kinney County and Atascosa County. They are asking the judge for a sweeping injunction blocking Biden's immigration policies.
"We hope the court sees Biden’s war on the laws he is supposed to be enforcing as the constitutional offense it is, ends these policies, and grants an injunction,” IRLI executive director Dale Wilcox said.
