Biden Admin Threatens to Sue Texas Over Floating Barrier Blocking Illegal Immigration

Biden Admin Threatens to Sue Texas Over Floating Barrier Blocking Illegal Immigration
People walk between razor wire and a string of buoys placed on the water along the Rio Grande border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 16, 2023. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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The Biden administration is threatening to sue the state of Texas unless officials remove floating border barriers recently set up in the middle of the Rio Grande river to keep out illegal immigrants.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) told Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in a July 20 letter obtained by The Epoch Times that the agency intends to take legal action to force the dismantling of what it called the Lone Star state’s “unlawful” floating barrier at Eagle Pass, a major point of illegal border crossings.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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