The Justice Department heads to federal court in Texas on Tuesday to challenge the state’s latest effort to implement its own border security measures, a floating barrier of buoys in the Rio Grande that has raised humanitarian and diplomatic concerns.
Judge David A. Ezra of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a Reagan appointee, will hear arguments in Austin about whether to halt the latest border security initiative in the state’s immigration enforcement operation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Justice Department in a lawsuit filed last month asked the court to order the barrier of buoys taken down, arguing that it constitutes an unauthorized and illegal structure obstructing U.S. waters in violation of river protection laws.
