By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
EAGLE PASS, Texas | The buoys stay in the picture. At least for now. Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott got his stay on a lower federal court ruling ordering him to remove his buoys from the Rio Grande.
The earlier ruling would have forced Abbott to move the barrier from the middle of the river to the northern banks, Texas territory.
This from CBSnews.com: [ At the request of Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued an administrative stay of Wednesday's ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge David Ezra while the appeals process plays out.
Ezra had issued a preliminary injunction directing Texas officials to remove the floating border barriers from the middle of the Rio Grande by Sept. 15, at the state's own expense. He also prohibited the state from setting up similar structures in the middle of the Rio Grande.
Thursday's stay will remain in place until the appeals court issues its own ruling on the merits of Texas' request for the lower court ruling to be suspended. ]
The Cheeto-colored buoys were strung along a stretch of the river south of this small border town last June and quickly earned the ire of federal officials and the Mexican government. The U.S. said it violated a treaty with Mexico, which called the buoys an "inhumane" measure aimed at injuring migrants.
There was no word on when a final ruling will come...
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They'll be gone soon. High court will rule and Texas won't like it. geo-politics.
ReplyDeleteTop photo is best one I've seen of that area. Shows more than when all you see is the buoys in the river. I agree that Abbott will lose in the end. Good info on this blog.
ReplyDeleteI still say Texas and Abbott will lose this one. We'll see...
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