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  1. July 16, 2024

    Texas Says Maritime Expert Shouldn't Testify In Barrier Fight

    Texas moved to exclude a maritime expert witness for the U.S. government in its case challenging the state's barrier installed on the Rio Grande aimed at countering increasing migration, arguing on Tuesday the proposed witness, who plans to testify the barrier obstructs navigability, isn't an expert on buoys, booms or floats.

  2. June 26, 2024

    Texas Moves To Bar DOJ Witness In Rio Grande Barrier Fight

    Texas has moved to disqualify one of the Biden administration's witnesses in litigation over the Lone Star state's 1,000-foot barrier in the Rio Grande to keep out migrants, arguing the witness has no relevant or reliable opinions to offer.

  3. April 26, 2024

    Texas Must Face Feds' Suit Over Anti-Migrant Buoy Barrier

    A Texas federal judge will allow the Biden administration's lawsuit to proceed over Texas' 1,000-foot barrier in the Rio Grande to keep out migrants, ruling Friday that the administration had plausibly alleged its domain over structures in navigable waters.

  4. April 08, 2024

    Texas Says Block Of Migrant Law Doesn't Bear On Buoy Fight

    Texas has told a federal judge that a Fifth Circuit ruling blocking a controversial Texas migrant arrest law has no bearing on whether the Biden administration can enforce an 1848 treaty to make the state move a floating border barrier.

  5. March 28, 2024

    Feds Lean On 5th Circ. SB 4 Order To Argue For Buoy Removal

    The Biden administration has told a Texas federal court that a Fifth Circuit ruling blocking a controversial Texas migrant arrest law confirms that the administration has a valid cause of action in seeking to remove the state's floating anti-migrant barriers.

  6. March 19, 2024

    Texas' Border Buoy Argument 'Flummoxes' Austin Judge

    A Texas federal judge said Tuesday that he "can't imagine" Congress would agree with the state's position that a federal statute governing navigable waters doesn't authorize actions against Texas over its anti-migrant barrier, and suggested the case is likely headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

  7. January 25, 2024

    Texas Urges 5th Circ. To Block Trial In Anti-Migrant Buoy Suit

    Texas raced to the Fifth Circuit to stall a looming trial over the legality of its floating anti-migrant barrier in the Rio Grande at the same time a federal court told the Lone Star State it was time for a final ruling on whether the controversial buoy fence obstructed federal waters.

  8. December 21, 2023

    Feds Urge Texas Court To Soldier On With Buoy Barrier Suit

    The Biden administration fired back Wednesday against Texas' attempt to dismiss its lawsuit challenging its floating barrier in the Rio Grande, telling a Texas federal judge the state has presented no valid grounds for dismissal.

  9. December 07, 2023

    Texas Says Precedent Sinks Feds' Suit Over Buoy Barriers

    The Lone Star state has asked a Texas federal judge to toss a Biden administration challenge to the state's placement of a floating barrier in the Rio Grande, saying the administration invoked a federal law that protects states from such suits.

  10. September 19, 2023

    Texas Anti-Migrant Barrier Back On US Side Of Rio Grande

    A floating anti-immigrant barrier in the Rio Grande erected by Texas and challenged by the Biden administration is now on the U.S. side of the river after it was repositioned from Mexican waters, according to the results of a binational survey filed in federal court on Tuesday.

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