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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Kayla Guo

Texas’ floating barrier in the Rio Grande can stay for now, appeals court says

State law enforcement officers stand guard as workers construct a string of buoys which is being deployed to prevent migrants from swimming across the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass on July 14, 2023.
State law enforcement officers stand guard as workers construct a string of buoys being deployed to prevent migrants from swimming across the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass on July 14, 2023. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that the floating barrier Texas deployed in the Rio Grande last year to deter illegal migration could remain. The fight over the barrier is one of many broader, hard-fought legal and political battles over the state’s authority to control the flow of migrants at the border.

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