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Texas border: Judge orders Texas to remove floating barrier from waters of US-Mexico border
Published September 6, 2023 3:56PMTexasAssociated Press
 
AUSTIN, Texas - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to move a large floating barrier to the bank of the Rio Grande after protests from the U.S. and Mexican governments over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's latest tactic to stop migrants from crossing America's southern border.

The decision by U.S. District Judge David Ezra of Texas is likely to be appealed by the state, which for the past two years has aggressively pushed legal boundaries to curb the flow of migrants under a sprawling mission known as Operation Lone Star. The judge said the state must move the barrier by Sept. 15.
 
Dozens of bright orange, wrecking ball-sized buoys have created a water barrier longer than a soccer field on a stretch of river where migrants often try crossing from Mexico. Texas also  has installed razor wire and steel fencing on the border, while also empowering armed officers to arrest migrants on trespassing charges.

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