March 28, 2024
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.
March 19, 2024
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.
January 25, 2024
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.
December 21, 2023
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.
December 07, 2023
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.
September 19, 2023
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.
September 06, 2023
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Texas must remove a floating barrier it installed in the Rio Grande to keep migrants out, saying the state's failure to get a federal permit likely violated the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act.
August 28, 2023
The Department of Justice told a Texas federal judge it will likely prevail in winning a court order requiring Texas to remove a floating barrier in the Rio Grande because four acts of Congress affirm the river is navigable.
August 21, 2023
A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday on whether Texas must remove a floating barrier in the Rio Grande the state says is needed to deter migrants, but that the Biden administration claims has strained foreign relations with Mexico.
August 15, 2023
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys told a Texas federal judge Tuesday that the bulk of a nearly 1,000-foot floating buoy barrier Texas placed in the Rio Grande to deter migrants is on the Mexican side of the river.