Texas urges US appeals court to allow Rio Grande barrier
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A lawyer for the state of Texas on Thursday told a U.S. appeals court President Joe Biden's administration has no power...
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A lawyer for the state of Texas on Thursday told a U.S. appeals court President Joe Biden's administration has no power...
A lawyer for the state of Texas on Thursday told a U.S. appeals court President Joe Biden's administration has no power to force the state to remove a 1,000-foot (305-meter) barrier placed in the Rio Grande river to deter illegal border crossings. Three judges on the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the state's appeal of a lower court judge's ruling requiring the string of buoys installed in July be moved to an embankment on the Texas side of the river, which forms a border between the U.S. and Mexico. The 5th Circuit last month allow...
The floating barrier in the Rio Grande was under scrutiny again Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Louisiana.
The floating barrier in the Rio Grande was under scrutiny again Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Louisiana.
Attorneys for Texas are asking federal appeals court judges to let the state keep in place a floating barrier to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande