Justice Department threatens Texas with legal action over floating barrier in Rio Grande

Workers deploy a string of buoys to prevent migrants from swimming across the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass on July 14. On Thursday the U.S. Justice Department threatened Texas with legal action if it doesn't agree to remove the floating barrier. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

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The U.S. Justice Department has threatened legal action against Gov. Greg Abbott over the 1,000-foot floating barrier that the state deployed in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass earlier this month.