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FIRST ON FOX: A Texas lawmaker is relaunching efforts to marque definite his authorities tin physique a border buoy barrier without interference from the national authorities aft the authorities tackled a suit by the Biden administration.
Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, is reintroducing the Prevent Aliens Through Rivers of Lands (PATROL) Act that would barroom the Department of Justice (DOJ) from utilizing the Rivers and Harbor Act to writer states.
Texas acceptable up buoys connected the Rio Grande successful 2023 owed to the surging migrant situation astatine the confederate borderline astatine the time.
Texas claimed the obstruction would support sovereignty and prevention lives by preventing radical from entering the water. Humanitarian groups and the DOJ argued the barriers were a information hazard and sued.
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The DOJ suit argued the buoy obstruction violates the Rivers and Harbors Act, which protects navigable waters from obstructions and outlines authorities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The buoys were allowed to enactment by an appeals tribunal arsenic the lawsuit moved forward, and it is not expected to beryllium pursued by the Trump administration.
The measure would region the quality to writer nether that act, meaning the obstruction and akin barriers could spell up unimpeded some during this medication and aboriginal administrations.
"For the past 4 years, the White House had refused to unafraid our borderline and alternatively fought against the states that were stepping up to bash it themselves," Cloud said successful a statement. "The PATROL Act makes it clear: Texas doesn’t request support from the national authorities to support its communities. The DOJ should ne'er again beryllium utilized arsenic a limb against borderline security.
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"Now that we person an medication nether President Trump who cares astir instrumentality and bid and protecting our communities, it’s clip to region the past roadblocks and let Texas to decorativeness the job."
The measure has the backing of blimpish groups, including NumbersUSA and Heritage Action, which said Congress should "build connected [Trump’s] momentum to fortify our immigration system and enforce the regularisation of law."
"States should person the close to unafraid the borderline and support American citizens erstwhile the national authorities fails to bash so," the radical said.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced past period his authorities has installed much buoys on the river.
"The Biden Administration tried — and FAILED — to forestall Texas from deploying these effectual buoy barriers," helium said connected X.
"Glad to yet person a President who volition enactment with Texas to unafraid the border."
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