A federal appeals is allowing Texas’ floating barrier on the Rio Grande to stay in place for now.
A migrant from Columbia stands at a floating buoy barrier as he looks to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S., Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. on a section of the Rio Grande to stay in place for now, a day after a judge called the buoys a threat to the safety of migrants and relations between the U.S. and Mexico.required Texas to moveThe barrier is near the Texas border city of Eagle Pass, where Republican Gov.
The stay granted by the New Orleans-based appeals court lets the barrier remain in the water while the legal challenge continues. The lawsuit was brought by the Justice Department in a rare instance of President Joe Biden’s administration going to court to challenge Texas’ border policies. On Wednesday, U.S District Judge David Ezra of Austin ordered Texas to move the roughly 1,000-foot barrier out of the middle of the Rio Grande and to the riverbank, calling it a “threat to human life" and an obstruction on the waterway. The Mexican government has alsoIn seeking a swift order to allow the buoys to remain, Texas told the appeals court the buoys reroute migrants to ports of entry and that “no injury from them has been reported.
Texas installed the barrier by putting anchors in the riverbed. Eagle Pass is part of a Border Patrol sector that has seen the second-highest number of migrant crossings this fiscal year with about 270,000 encounters, though that is lower than at this time last year.took effect in MayCopyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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