Texas defends border buoys at hearing over Justice Department lawsuit
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The Justice Department sued Texas last month seeking to remove the barrier, arguing that the federal government should have been consulted before they were installed.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the buoys in the Rio Grande were moved "out of an abundance of caution" — after a study showed last week that most of them were in Mexico's waters.
The Justice Department sued Texas last month seeking to remove the barrier, arguing that the federal government should have been consulted before they were installed.
The state of Texas could soon be forced to remove its barrier of buoys along the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, if a federal judge agrees with the U.S. Department of Justice that Texas overstepp…
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas for placing the buoys in the Rio Grande. It's part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's effort to keep migrants from crossing the boarder.
The battle over floating barriers on the Rio Grande reached a courtroom Tuesday. A federal judge in Austin heard arguments from the state of Texas and the Justice Department over Gov. Greg Abbott’s use of giant buoys to deter migrants from crossing the river.
A case determining the legality of a buoy barrier installed along the U.S.-Mexico border will be seen by a federal judge as the Biden administration and Mexico look to remove it.
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