‘Inhumane’: judge hears arguments about anti-migrant buoys in Rio Grande

Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference for his border security effort Operation Lone Star in Eagle Pass, Texas, on 21 August. A federal judge was hearing arguments on Tuesday about whether state authorities should remove huge buoys installed to stop migrants crossing the river that divides Texas from Mexico.

The court hearing in Austin came a day after Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott, and a group of hardline Republican governors gathered on the riverbank to defend local militarization of the US-Mexico border – while also acknowledging that the 1,000ft (305-meter) floating barrier had been adjusted after complaints that it had […]

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