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US judge orders Texas to remove controversial border buoys from Rio Grande

A man and child walk past a border barrier composed of large buoys and underwater nets on the Rio Grande on August 1 in Eagle Pass, Texas [Eric Gay/AP Photo]

A United States federal judge has ordered Texas to remove a controversial floating border barrier from the Rio Grande after the massive buoys and underwater nets came under fire for endangering migrants and asylum seekers as they crossed the river from Mexico.

In a ruling on Wednesday, US District Judge David Ezra said that the barriers could violate treaty agreements between the US and Mexico. He also cast doubt on their effectiveness.

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