The Fifth Circuit granted Texas' request to let it keep its anti-migrant floating barrier in place pending appeal of a lower court ruling the buoys were...
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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court handed Gov. Greg Abbott a temporary victory Thursday night, granting Texas’s request to leave its anti-migrant buoys in place pending further review. On Wednesday, a federal judge in Austin ruled that Texas had installed the 1,000-foot barrier near Eagle Pass illegally, and ordered it removed by Sept. 15.The Department of Justice had sought that injunction, contending the buoys impede navigation, endanger migrants, cause friction in U.S.-Mexico relations and violate federal law and treaties with Mexico.The three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S.
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