The governor of Texas says he won't go down without a fight after a federal judge ordered the state to remove his floating barrier – at least temporarily – from the Rio Grande.
Republican Greg Abbott deployed the buoys to discourage illegal border crossings without asking the federal government for permission. Judge David A. Ezra disagreed with Abbott's “invasion” claims, calling the obstacle a “threat to human life.” (RELATED: Judge Outright Rejects Trump's Request With 9 Words)
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Ezra ruled on Wednesday in favor of the DOJ's argument that Governor Abbott violated the federal Rivers and Harbors Act when he deployed the buoy barrier near Eagle Pass through Operation Lone Star without getting clearance from the Army Corps of Engineers. Governor Abbott contends that he has the constitutional right to secure the state's border.
In his ruling, Ezra mentioned a post on Governor Abbott's X account, formerly Twitter, that declared he didn't think he had to ask for permission. The judge said otherwise.
The deadline for Texas to move the floating barrier to the riverbank is Sept. 15.
Abbott plans to appeal the decision, vowing to go “all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court” to keep the roughly 1,000-foot-long barrier in place.
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Add barbed wire on surface & rig same underwater between bouys
Easy fix, move it from the middle of the river to the Texas shore line, that’s Texas land, not federal property. Then add the barbed wire and some claymors. That would slow them down and solve a lot of problems.
Here is some financial thinking. Let Texas use the border as training grounds for our military AOC. New Drone technology land mines there`s nothing racist about training. What plays on the Mexican border stays on the Mexican border.
SCREW THE FEDERAL GOV. It’s NOT doing it’s job of protecting us from INVASION.
Those commies WANT this to happen to us, to replace us when they finish murdering us through contraception, baby murder and covid/masks.
put alligators and other such animals to derail crossings.
Sigh ,ALL that has to be done is to move an army division into the area for training purposes …Just like 1915!….This time let it be for DRUG traffic training ,an as an aside the could use their sonar, drones, people sensors and other stuff for said purposes and if by chance they are of help to the border police ,it will all be a “coincidence”…..Now those who stand the most in way of benefiting from this invasion will of course scream the loudest ,thereby telling you just WHO they are..but hey just a coincidence …LOL!
Since when did buoys become a “threat to human life”?
I hope that Gov. Abbott does take it all the way to the Supreme Court!! WE PRESENTLY HAVE A CORRUPT GOVERNMENT THAT CARES NOTHING ABOUT THE CITIZEN’S OF THE USA—-ONLY THE ILLEGALS THAT ARE COMING ACROSS THAT BORDER WHO THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS. Biden is NOT the one running the country—but Obama—–who hates the USA and Whites and wants to bring the country down so he can present the NWO to George Soros and the rest of the World Economic Forum. These people are ALL COMMUNIST who want to get rid of our CONSTITUTION AND CAPITALISM!! We must voice our opinions and voice them loudly!
Hm – perhaps a different approach is in order. Under what Constitutional authority was that “Rivers and Harbors Act” enacted? Remember, the Constitution LIMITS fedzilla, not the ‘several States’.
when is Ray Epps going to jail?
I saw photo of illegals simply wading around the buoys, water not deep there. BTW, illegals have arrived in Casper, Wyoming and the locals are going crazy. 500 pounds of poop removed from downtown sidewalks; nice hotel trashed by squatters. The funny irony is that the citizens have not yet discovered the source of their new homeless. When Casper, Wyoming figures this out, something will be done at the border.
The left can’t seem to understand that if the illegal aliens do not try to cross, they are in no danger. That barrier will not come alive and drag them into the river from the Mexican side… Just saying.
Judge Era is out of order. As a judge he is an idiot and should be removed from his bench.
Since the President broke his Oath of office, and committed treason by opening our borders, and not giving the Country and Americans the security of safty, then i see no reason for Texas to remove the barriers! He is protecting his citizens and state! I say shut the door in every state to illegals!! Of course Democratic states want them, so allow them to be dropped in Dem states once they are in. Let those states foot the bill. They seem to like all this lawlessness coming out of this White House!!
So what are all these people doing playing with the orange balls? Amazing how people can only halfway tell the truth. So it
s Texas that is at fault because illegals find these big balls so fascinating? They need to stop using their own drug supply. The burned-out druggies left over from the 60s would say! Wow like this is really heavy mannnn.