Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he'll defy a Department of Justice (DOJ) request to remove an inflatable, floating barrier that the state set up in the Rio Grande to repel illegal immigrant crossings and suggested that he would fight the DOJ in court.
“Texas will fully utilize its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have caused,” Mr. Abbott, a Republican, wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden after the DOJ requested the removal of the barrier along the river, which forms the border between Mexico and Texas.
