In the US state of Texas, a dispute is currently raging over a floating barrier in the US-Mexico border river Rio Grande. It was installed to prevent migrants from swimming across the river to reach the US – including barbed wire on the bank…
A federal judge in the Texas city of Austin issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday ordering the barrier to be removed in mid-September, television stations CBS and CNN both reported.
The U.S. government filed a civil lawsuit against Texas because the government there failed to get Washington’s approval for the barrier. In addition, this poses a threat to shipping and public safety, the US government argued. Texas can appeal the court’s decision.
A few weeks ago, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the roughly 1,000-foot-long barrier, made up of numerous buoys, each more than a foot in diameter, to be placed in the river. Barbed wire was laid on the shore. According to Abbott, this should prevent migrants from swimming across the Rio Grande to reach the United States.
Dead person on floating buoys
The White House had sharply criticized the approach. Activists and Democrats called the move brutal. The Mexican government, in turn, has issued two diplomatic notes of protest — including alleging that the barrier violates Mexico’s sovereignty, violates bilateral and international treaties, and endangers the personal safety of migrants. At the beginning of August, a dead person was discovered on the floating buoys.
Source: Krone
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