Migrants walk along the Rio Grande past the floating barrier in Eagle Pass on July 29. The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to force Texas to remove the barrier through a federal lawsuit. Sign up for The Brief , The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Seeking immediate removal of a floating barrier that Texas deployed in the Rio Grande to deter migrants, the U.S. Justice Department told an Austin federal judge Tuesday that the barrier threatens U.S.-Mexico relations and was installed without appropriate federal authorization.
The state’s lawyers […]
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