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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Paul J. Weber

Justice Department tells Texas that floating barrier on Rio Grande raises humanitarian concerns

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

The Justice Department has told Texas that a floating barrier of wrecking ball-sized buoys the state put on the Rio Grande violates federal law and raises humanitarian concerns for migrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.

President Joe Biden's administration told Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that the barrier installed this month near the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, was “unlawful” in a letter dated Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press.

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