Texas Can Maintain Floating Border Barriers, Fifth Circuit Rules

July 31, 2024, 12:51 AM UTC

The Fifth Circuit said Tuesday Texas can maintain a floating river barrier to stem migration on the Mexico border, handing a pivotal win to Gov. Greg Abbott (R) over the Biden Administration.

The New Orleans appeals court reversed a preliminary injunction imposed by a federal trial court ordered against the 1,000-foot barrier, an order that required Texas to cease work on the barrier and move it to Texas’ riverbank.

“We hold that the district court clearly erred in finding that the United States will likely prove that the barrier is in a navigable stretch of the Rio Grande,” Judge Don ...

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