Texas ordered to remove Rio Grande floating barrier, Gov. Greg Abbott promises to appeal

By News on the Net -- New York Post —— Bio and Archives September 7, 2023

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Texas must remove the floating barrier buoys the state placed in the Rio Grande River to deter illegal immigrant crossings, a federal judge ruled Wednesday — but Gov. Greg Abbott wasted no time in announcing he’d appeal.

District Court Judge David Ezra ordered the wrecking ball-sized buoys be taken away by next Friday and banned the Lone Star State from adding any other structures in the Rio Grande — the international boundary between the US and Mexico in Texas — without prior approval from the feds. ---More...