Late last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said "Texas will see you in court" in a letter to President Joe Biden after the Biden administration demanded that Texas remove floating barriers that had been set up in the Rio Grande to deter illegal immigrants from crossing.
The federal government hasn't given up, and a federal judge ruled Wednesday that Texas must take down the barriers.
Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating barriers aimed at deterring migrants and bars the state from building new buoys on the Rio Grande https://t.co/ThVftpEoA7
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 6, 2023
We're not sure at all how this is a federal issue.
People are not serious here
— The One ✨ (@Qoz_eem) September 6, 2023
So that both good and the bad could flow in huh
— Web3 DIVER (@Aboo_Safwaan) September 6, 2023
— Ofli (@OfliGuimaraes) September 6, 2023
Yeah this is going to go down well. Texas may need to invest in buses and planes to get those illegal immigrants to California and New York
— Joe (@SigmaTweeter) September 6, 2023
Greg Abbott should tell the federal government to shove it. i’m tired of watching the fed give funds to ukraine and stiff the American public pic.twitter.com/uiA20bbtmE
— MuteToggle (@MuteToggle) September 6, 2023
It’s almost like they want to be invaded???
— ⚔️ Siantinkerbell ⚔️ (@siantinkerbell) September 6, 2023
What is Biden’s obsession with illegals? Other than their fraudulent votes?
— Eddie A (@EddieAnastasia) September 6, 2023
Ah, relying on the "No Barriers in Places I Don't Want Them" statute!
— Dr. Sleve McDichael (veruhfied in 2016) (@SeahawkBurrrton) September 6, 2023
CNN reports:
Judge David Alan Ezra wrote that Abbott needed permission to install the barriers, as dictated by law.
“Governor Abbott announced that he was not ‘asking for permission’ for Operation Lone Star, the anti-immigration program under which Texas constructed the floating barrier. Unfortunately for Texas, permission is exactly what federal law requires before installing obstructions in the nation’s navigable waters,” the judge wrote in his ruling.
So here's the scam: The Biden administration is saying Abbott "violated the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act by building a structure in US water without permission from the United States Army Corps of Engineers." That's why it's so important that Texas remove the barriers and let immigrants cross wherever they like.
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