BREAKING: Justice Dept. sues Texas over a floating barrier in the Rio Grande as part of an effort by Gov. Abbott to deter migrant crossings into the United States.
The Justice Department, in its letter to Abbott on Friday, said the river buoys violate theMigrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico approach the site where workers are assembling large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 11, 2023.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Abbott's letter.
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