Texas Ordered To Remove Anti-Migrant Barrier In Rio Grande

 

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An appeals court in the United States has rendered a decision that benefits President Joe Biden’s administration. Based in New Orleans, the Fifth U.S. Texas is required by the Circuit Court of Appeals to remove its floating immigration barrier in the Rio Grande.

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Texas was ordered to demolish a 1,000-foot-long floating barrier it had erected in the Rio Grande River to prevent illegal migrants from crossing the border with Mexico by the court on Friday, in a 2–1 decision.

Republican governor Greg Abbott, who has declared that Texas is ready to implement a variety of tactics to discourage people from entering the country illegally, is disappointed by the decision.

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Texas asked the court to overturn an order issued in July by a federal judge mandating that the state remove the barrier in the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, Texas. In a 2–1 decision, the court denied the plea, citing the anti-migrant barrier’s violation of a federal law from 1899 that forbade building in the river without authorization.

Texas has detained several undocumented immigrants for trespassing in recent months as they crossed the Rio Grande. Texas state police conduct Operation Lone Star, which involves pursuing vehicles thought to be carrying undocumented migrants toward the border. Before releasing the migrants to the Border Patrol, the authorities imprisoned them for several weeks or months.