'This is going to the Supreme Court. Texas has a constitutional right to protect our border,' Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted in response to a lawsuit over the border buoys to be placed in the Rio Grande.
PUBLISHED 12:29 PM CDT Jul. 10, 2023EAGLE PASS, Texas — The buoy barriers Texas is installing in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass just arrived on Friday, and the latst effort to deter illegal border crossings has already drawn aAn Eagle Pass resident and kayaking outfitter has filed a lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his plan to install buoys in the Rio Grande
Abbott responded to the lawsuit on Friday, tweeting, “We will see you in court. And don’t think the Travis Co. Court will be the end of it" Eagle Pass resident and kayaking outfitter Jessie F. Fuentes filed suit against Abbott in Travis County. He’s seeking a permanent injunction against installation of the buoys, saying his paddling business will be impacted by limited access to the river.
Dozens of the large spherical buoys were stacked on the beds of four tractor trailers in a grassy city park near the river on Friday morning. Once installed, the above-river parts of the system and the webbing they’re connected with will cover 1,000 feet of the middle of the Rio Grande, with anchors in the riverbed., called the buoys “drowning devices.” Appearing on CNN Sunday, he called Abbott’s buoys and his larger Operation Lone Star border enforcement effort political distractions.
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