The Latest Breaking News from the Rio Grande

Nearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, an Austin federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river. One day later a higher court sided with Texas.

A federal judge has ordered Texas to move a large floating barrier to the bank of the Rio Grande by Sept. 15

Texas is being sued in state and federal court over floating border wall plan

Critics say Texas policies at US-Mexico border, such as new floating barriers on Rio Grande, put asylum seekers at risk.

Texas has been sued for controversial floating border barriers

After initially supporting the governor’s efforts to stem illegal immigration, many residents say Operation Lone Star has gone too far.

Humanitarian workers say buoys near Eagle Pass in Texas are an atrocity but have not stopped people trying to cross into the US

Texas authorities believe the person drowned upstream and floated into the buoys near Eagle Pass. Mexico criticized Texas’ placement of the buoys along the river.

First fatalities confirmed near Greg Abbott’s floating barrier in the Rio Grande