Texas ordered to remove Rio Grande barrier as trial continues

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A migrant walks past large buoys being used as a floating border barrier on the Rio Grande, Monday, July 31, 2023, near Eagle Pass, Texas, as they cross from Mexico to the U.S. The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Texas for illegally placing the floating buoy barrier. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay/AP

Texas ordered to remove Rio Grande barrier as trial continues

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The state of Texas was ordered to remove its floating barrier from the Rio Grande as the case brought by the federal government continues.

In a court order, Senior U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra ordered that Texas remove the floating barrier and refrain from building any additional barriers, pending his final judgment.

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“Defendants and anyone working on their behalf are enjoined and hereby prohibited from building new or placing additional buoys, blockades, or structures of any kind in the Rio Grande River pending final judgement in this matter,” Ezra wrote.

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“Defendants shall, by September 15, 2023, reposition, at Defendants’ expense, and in coordination with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, all buoys, anchors, and other related materials composing the… floating barrier placed by Texas in the Rio Grande in the vicinity of Eagle Pass, Texas to the bank of the Rio Grande on the Texas side of the river,” he added.

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