TEXAS (Portal) – A U.S. federal judge ruled that the state of Texas must remove floating barriers recently erected in the Rio Grande – or Rio Grande in Mexico – to stop migrants from crossing the border.
In this context, the Mexican government recognized the decision of the Federal Court for the Western District of the United States ordering the removal of a buoy barrier in the Rio Grande in the Eagle Pass area of Texas.
“We will closely monitor the final resolution and reiterate the urgency to permanently remove the buoys on our shared border; and the importance of respecting the 1944 Bilateral Treaty and protecting human rights
Migrants,” the Mexican Foreign Ministry commented in a statement.
Judge David Ezra of the Western District of Texas noted in his ruling that the 1,000-foot-long barrier represents an “obstacle to the navigability” of the Rio Grande and rebuked the Republican state government for not seeking federal approval before installing it.
“Texas’ conduct irreparably harms public safety, navigation and the work of federal officials in and around the Rio Grande,” the judge emphasized.
The ruling also bans Texas from reinstalling buoys “or any type of structure” on the river, a victory for Joe Biden’s administration, which filed the first court challenge against the floating barrier.