Judge orders Texas, Gov. Abbot to remove floating barrier | USA TODAY

Texas Governor Gregg Abbott said he would appeal a judge's ruling requiring the removal of barriers in the Rio Grande.

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Texas Governor Gregg Abbott said he would appeal a judge's ruling requiring the removal of barriers in the Rio Grande.

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Gov. Greg Abbott and the state of Texas must remove — at least temporarily — the buoys placed in the Rio Grande as part of the state's effort to control the border with Mexico, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, marking a win for the Biden administration.

In his 42-page order, Senior U.S. Judge David Alan Ezra said he made the ruling after deciding that the U.S. Justice Department will "likely succeed on the merits" in the lawsuit it filed against Abbott and the state in July.

"Texas’s floating barrier is an obstruction to the navigable capacity of the Rio Grande River and required authorization from Congress," Senior U.S. Judge David Alan Ezra says in his order.

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