Houston Chronicle by Jeremy Wallace 8/22/2023
The Justice Department wants an emergency injunction to force the state to remove the buoys until the case of them can be fully heard.The buoy barrier in the Rio Grande will get to stay in place for at least another week, based on a decision from a federal judge in Austin on Tuesday.
Judge David Alan Ezra gave attorneys until the close of business on Friday to submit written arguments on whether he should issue an emergency injunction to force Gov. Greg Abbott to take the barrier out of the water while legal challenges proceed.
The U.S. Justice Department has sued Abbott over the 1,000-foot floating barrier that he deployed near Eagle Pass in July to block migrants from crossing the river between ports of entry. Federal officials say Abbott violated the Rivers and Harbors Act, which prevents putting structures in navigable waterways without approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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