Opinion | Texas’s governor put a barrier in the Rio Grande. DOJ just hit back.

Opinion by Greg Sargent: “Get ready for an escalation in hostilities between the Biden administration and red state governors.”

“The Biden administration is asserting its authority over the border, and rightly so,” immigration attorney David Leopold told me. “Texas has no business taking over federal immigration law, which is what they’re doing.”

“Texas does not have authorization from the Corps to install the floating barrier and did not seek such authorization before doing so,” the letter states.While the Justice Department’s letter does not accuse Texas of usurping its authority on immigration in particular, the move signals that the department is closely watching to see whether Texas’s future moves do violate federal laws, on immigration and across the board.

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