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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Greg Abbott defies White House warning on floating Texas border wall: ‘See you in court, Mr President’

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The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit against the state of Texas on Monday over Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to install a 1,000-foot floating border barrier in the Rio Grande River near the city of Eagle Pass.

“We allege that Texas has flouted federal law by installing a barrier in the Rio Grande without obtaining the required federal authorisation,” Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a statement.

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