Last Friday, Texas suffered a legal setback in its battle over buoys tied to the Rio Grande, at the southern border of the United States, when a panel of judges upheld a federal judge’s order to close the 1,000-foot barrier. to delete.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied Texas’ request to vacate Judge David Ezra’s order, issued on September 6, which asked the state to restore the portion of buoys installed last July. to delete.
The decision represents a victory for President Joe Biden’s administration, which sued Texas to install buoys in the Eagle Pass sector as part of Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star against illegal immigration.
The U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit argued that the barrier posed an “impediment to the transportation capacity” of the Rio Grande.
The Texas government, in turn, defended the installation of the shackles, saying it was forced to take measures to “defend” itself against an “invasion” of migrants, and accused the Democratic federal government of failing to defend southern border.
On appeal, Texas said Judge Ezra erred in concluding that the buoys were an obstacle to the navigability of the river. abused her authority by ordering the removal of the shackles, arguments the panel disagreed with.
Texas still has several legal options to pursue the case and even take the fight to the United States Supreme Court.
The buoys prompted the Mexican government to repeatedly ask the US to remove the barrier. claiming that most of the buoys were in Mexican territory.
The International Boundary and Water Commission, a binational body, confirmed this statement in a report presented to the Ezra Court, concluding that the vast majority of buoys are on the Mexican side. (EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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