A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling ordering Texas to remove a series of buoys installed in the waters of the Rio Grande, finding the state violated laws governing navigable waterways in placing the barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In affirming an earlier ruling, the 2-1 decision from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals found the lower court properly considered “the threat to navigation and federal government operations on the Rio Grande as well as the potential threat to human life the floating barrier created.”
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