Appeals Court Orders TX To Remove Rio Grande Buoys

The Dallas News reports:

In a blow to Gov. Greg Abbott, a federal appeals court ordered Texas on Friday to remove the border buoys the state installed near Eagle Pass to block migrants.

Abbott had turned to the conservative New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which temporarily blocked a lower court’s order three months ago finding that Texas had violated federal laws when it installed the 1,000-foot long barrier in June.

Texas argued that an “invasion” by migrants and drug cartels gives the state sweeping constitutional authority to defend itself, regardless of federal law and treaties with Mexico that forbid installation of barriers in the river, which serves as the southern border for the length of Texas.

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