#shorts On 7/24/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “You’re talking about these unlawful actions, and the letter very clearly spells out all the ways in which the governor has broken the law. What is preventing the federal government from removing the river barriers? Why is this a legal matter?

KJP: … look, the governor’s action is making it difficult to access the river, patrol the area — that’s what he’s doing — and arrest individuals who attempt to enter the country unlawfully. That’s what — that’s what his actions is actually preventing. And so, those are unlawful. Those are unlawful actions that are not helpful and is undermining what the President has put forward and is trying to do. That’s what we’re seeing.

Reporter: And I understand that. But, I mean, if the barriers are, you know, unlawfully there in the river, why not instruct the Army Corps of Engineers to move them?

KJP: I’m not going to speak to what — what we’re going to — what’s going to be instructed of the Army Corps of Engineers. What we’re speaking to is the unlawful actions that the — that the governor is taking and how the Department of Justice is going to move forward. Anything related to that, certainly I would refer you to Homeland Security, specifically.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/0Zgf3KJAz4M
Q: if legal why not Army Corps to remove? A: barriers difficult to arrest unlawful individuals