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Texas ordered to remove Rio Grande floating barrier, Gov. Greg Abbott promises to appeal
The New York Post ^ | 09/06/2023 | MaryAnn Martinez

Posted on 09/06/2023 6:02:26 PM PDT by thegagline

Texas must remove the floating barrier buoys the state placed in the Rio Grande River to deter illegal immigrant crossings, a federal judge ruled Wednesday — but Gov. Greg Abbott wasted no time in announcing he’d appeal.

District Court Judge David Ezra ordered the wrecking ball-sized buoys be taken away by next Friday and banned the Lone Star State from adding any other structures in the Rio Grande — the international boundary between the US and Mexico in Texas — without prior approval from the feds.

Soon after Ezra’s ruling Abbott released a statement, vowing that “Texas will appeal.”

“This ruling is incorrect and will be overturned on appeal. We will continue to utilize every strategy to secure the border, including deploying Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers and installing strategic barriers,” the governor said.

Removal of the 1,000-foot marine barrier is part of a preliminary injunction, not a final ruling in the federal lawsuit. *** In July, the Justice Department sued Abbott, arguing he did not have the authority to order the placement of the river buoys.

The Republican governor never sought necessary permission from the International Boundary and Water Commission to install the barrier, the federal agency in charge of the river told The Post in July.

Federal prosecutors argue the string of large, orange buoys — meant to prevent asylum-seeking immigrants from venturing into the waters of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas — are also a “threat to human life.***

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abbott; border; davidezra; fjb; hawaiijudge; illegals; judge; migrantsurge; reaganjudge; standyourground; texas
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To: HamiltonJay

You write: “Texas will lose in court over this nonsense. It is illegal and unconstitutional. They can appeal all the way to the USSC, Texas will lose.”
Well for your sake, let’s hope so.


21 posted on 09/06/2023 6:29:29 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: odawg

The constitution does not give states the right to interfere it’s navigable rivers, that is purely in the purview of the federal government.. it’s spelled out in the constitution .

Texas is in complete violation of the constitution with this nonsense.


22 posted on 09/06/2023 6:30:07 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: EvilCapitalist

Kinda what I’m thinking.


23 posted on 09/06/2023 6:31:10 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Bookshelf

They will, states cannot interfere with navigable rivers… constitution is very clear. The barriers are in violation of the constitution as well as the treaty of gualdlupe etc.

Texas does not have a legal or constitutional leg to stand on.

They will lose.


24 posted on 09/06/2023 6:34:43 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: joma89

All the way to the US supreme court…. Lets do this. I am so sick of immigrants getting the one up on me. Texas has a right to protect its citizens not criminals.

Do the barriers stay while it is appealed?


25 posted on 09/06/2023 6:34:46 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: thegagline

For gods sake, just once defy them and say no. Then at least they will have to send Feds to do it and they will get what they call “bad optics”. Abbott will cave as he always does.


26 posted on 09/06/2023 6:34:49 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: HamiltonJay

Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution states, “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.”

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Given the current USSC majority, I think Abbott stands on pretty solid ground. That Texas and other states WERE INVADED is not even open to intelligent discussion.


27 posted on 09/06/2023 6:40:24 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: thegagline

Don’t appeal, DEFY!

Illegal orders MUST BE IGNORED!


28 posted on 09/06/2023 6:44:17 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: HamiltonJay

Then let the faygs at the fed come remove it.


29 posted on 09/06/2023 6:46:45 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: HamiltonJay

The Rio Grande a navigable waterway? It is only navigable to swimmers, kayaks, canoes and small boats. Plus Abbott’s floating barrier does not impede such craft navigating the river on the US side of the border. It only impedes illegal traffic across the border.


30 posted on 09/06/2023 6:50:20 PM PDT by Pres Raygun (Repent America)
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To: thegagline

Tell the idiot corrupt judge to come and get it.


31 posted on 09/06/2023 6:52:17 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: HamiltonJay

Perhaps, they will lose. But if the Government refuses to discharge its responsibility to protect the state, does the state have the right to protect itself. That is the BIG ONE that the Supreme Court will have to decide.


32 posted on 09/06/2023 6:52:23 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: eyeamok

Reagan pick.


33 posted on 09/06/2023 6:52:30 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: HamiltonJay

Yeah, unfortunately you are correct.
Texas needs to erect stuff on Texas State land...
Even that will go through the courts, but it might have a shot


34 posted on 09/06/2023 6:53:56 PM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: odawg

Uhh dude...
Immigration and naturalization are powers granted to the feds by that pesky constitution thingy..
The states have no right to interfere with the feds on their constitutional rights...


35 posted on 09/06/2023 6:56:49 PM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: thegagline

There comes a time when governors have to ignore the fed “rulings”. They’re going to obey until we’re enslaved.


36 posted on 09/06/2023 6:58:08 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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I’m actually kind of surprised that some enterprising ‘migrants’ haven’t stolen it and sold it for its scrap value, or ripped it up to make temporary little shelters.


37 posted on 09/06/2023 6:58:36 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: joe fonebone

The Texas side of the Rio Grande is Texas soil. If the barrier crosses over into Mexico, then the Mexican government is free to dismantle it as they please. I am unaware of any international seaport on the US side of the Rio Grande.


38 posted on 09/06/2023 7:00:14 PM PDT by Pres Raygun (Repent America)
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To: Pres Raygun

That’s navigable. And the Rio Grande can and is used for foreign commerce (illegal commerce is still commerce!), which is specifically covered in the federal law on this. What Texas did violates international treaty law w Mexico, federal law on waterway obstruction and the constitution. Very dumb fight from Abbott from a legal perspective.


39 posted on 09/06/2023 7:01:04 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: thegagline

This socalled “judge” needs to be arrested for aiding and abetting criminal foreign illegal aliens with their invasion of America. Lock his ass up!


40 posted on 09/06/2023 7:02:02 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I don't know what the hell it is but you can bet in America it's "racist" and needs to be cancelled)
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