Texas water border barrier allowed to remain despite Biden administration’s opposition.
Texas Wins Appeal to Keep Floating Border Barrier
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Texas, allowing the state to maintain its floating border barrier along the Rio Grande. This decision comes after Senior U.S. District Court Judge David Ezra ordered Texas officials to remove the barriers that Governor Greg Abbott had installed.
“Buoys have nearly eliminated illegal crossings of people and drugs where they’ve been placed,” said Abbott’s legal team.
The Department of Justice had sued Texas over the barrier, citing environmental and humanitarian concerns. Judge Ezra, however, stated that Texas’ actions violated the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899.
“The Court finds that the barrier’s threat to human life, its impairment to free and safe navigation, and its contraindication to the balance of priorities Congress struck in the RHA outweigh Texas’s interest in implementing its buoy barrier in the Rio Grande River,” wrote the judge.
“The harm to navigation is clearly evident from the evidence presented, while the State of Texas did not present any credible evidence that the buoy barrier as installed has significantly curtailed illegal immigration across the Rio Grande River.”
Abbott has vowed to challenge Judge Ezra’s ruling, stating that it is incorrect and will be overturned on appeal.
“We will continue to utilize every strategy to secure the border, including deploying Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers and installing strategic barriers,” Abbott said.
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Illegal Crossings Remain High
Despite the floating border barrier, illegal crossings into the U.S. continue to be a significant issue. Most foreign nationals are processed, given a court date, and then released into the U.S. In August 2023 alone, approximately 177,000 people were arrested for illegally entering the country.
In that same month, a record-breaking 91,000 illegal immigrants crossed in family groups, with the number of children crossing per day increasing from 270 in July to 377 in August.
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