Federal Judge Orders Texas To Remove Anti-Migrant Buoys From the Rio Grande, Teeing Up an Appeals Court Battle
In the ruling Wednesday, Judge David Ezra, who was appointed by President Reagan, said Texas violated federal law because they did not get permission from the Army Corps of Engineers before installing the barrier.
A fight is on tap at the 5th Circuit Court after Texas immediately appealed a federal judge’s order that barriers placed in the Rio Grande at the behest of Governor Abbott be removed by September 15.
The barriers were placed in the river at the behest of Mr. Abbott as part of his Operation Lone Star, which is aimed at keeping migrants from crossing the border between ports of entry.
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