Buoys float on the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas on July 20, 2023. The legal battle between the Biden administration and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over the devices was ordered to return to ...

The background: Texas began deploying chains of specially designed buoys down the middle of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass to deter migrants from crossing illegally in June 2023, sparking protests ...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that the floating barrier Texas deployed in the Rio Grande last year to deter illegal migration could remain. The fight over the barrier is one ...

A federal appeals court has ruled Texas can keep its floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to dissuade migrants from crossing into the state. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ove… ...

The floating barrier is deployed in the middle of the Rio Grande near the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, with anchors in the riverbed. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images, File) GOV.

The fight over the barrier is one of many broader, hard-fought legal and political battles over the state’s authority to control the flow of migrants at the border, the Texas Tribune reports ...

Texas’ floating barrier in the Rio Grande can stay for now, appeals court says The full appeals court says it can stay while a lower court hears a case on the merits.

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune July 30, 2024 "Texas’ floating barrier in the Rio Grande can stay for now, appeals court says" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The ...

AUSTIN, Texas A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.