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The 5-4 decision in favor of the federal government came only a week after a federal appeals court ordered the rehearing of a case regarding Texas’s installation of floating barriers along a portion of the Rio Grande River separating the US and Mexico. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 10:47 am by Amy Howe
New Mexico and Colorado (Mar. 20): Latest chapter in a long-running water dispute over the apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, and in particular efforts by Texas and New Mexico to settle the dispute over the objection of the federal government. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 10:46 am by Frank O. Bowman, III
Republican politicians have embraced immigration as a potent political issue. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 10:33 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
-Mexico border, it has also embraced, both publicly and in litigation over its placement of buoys in the Rio Grande, a federal constitutional argument that, it claims, allows it to supplant federal law enforcement efforts. [read post]
25 Jan 2024, 1:40 pm by Ilya Somin
Texas previously made the same argument in a case where the federal government argued the state illegally placed water buoys in the Rio Grande River in violation of federal statutes. [read post]
23 Jan 2024, 4:29 am by SCOTUSblog
Supreme Court says Texas can’t block federal agents from the border (William Melhado, The Texas Tribune) Supreme Court to Resolve Decade-Old Rio Grande Water Dispute (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Bobby Magill, Bloomberg Law) The post The morning read for Tuesday, January 23 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. [read post]
  Counsel for Texas, which includes Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, responded to the Biden request with, “The loss of any human life in the Rio Grande is tragic—and preventable. [read post]
22 Jan 2024, 1:09 pm by Amy Howe
The post Court allows Border Patrol to cut Texas’ razor wire along Rio Grande appeared first on SCOTUSblog. [read post]
22 Jan 2024, 7:43 am by Amy Howe
The justices added another case to their merits docket on Monday, setting the latest chapter in a dispute over the waters of the Rio Grande River “for oral argument in due course. [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 1:28 pm by Herrman & Herrman, P.L.L.C.
From Corpus Christi to the greater Rio Grande Valley, fans are gearing up for another exciting year. [read post]
17 Jan 2024, 6:12 pm by Howard Bashman
“Texas’ migrant-deterring buoys can remain in Rio Grande after appeals court ruling; The action set additional arguments for May and vacated an earlier order that said the floating barrier violated a longstanding federal law”: Aarón Torres of The Dallas Morning News has this report. [read post]
The post US appeals court orders rehearing of Texas Rio Grande barrier case appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
17 Jan 2024, 12:29 pm by Ilya Somin
Abbott, a case where the federal government is suing the state of Texas for installing floating buoy barriers in the Rio Grande River to block migration and drug smuggling, thereby creating safety hazards and possibly impeding navigation. [read post]
17 Jan 2024, 4:03 am by jonathanturley
People were outraged when NBC and other outlets reported “a woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday night in Eagle Pass, Texas, after U.S. border agents were prevented from responding, federal officials said Saturday. [read post]
15 Jan 2024, 4:22 am by Immigration Prof
Official State of Texas Picture Immigration law scholars often emphasize the human consequences of immigration law and enforcement. [read post]
14 Jan 2024, 7:03 pm by Howard Bashman
“3 migrants drown after Texas blocks feds from part of Rio Grande, DHS says; On Saturday, the bodies of a woman and two children were found in the river by Mexican authorities, U.S. officials said”: Maham Javaid and Arelis R. [read post]
Despite seeing the migrants in distress, and making calls to Texas state officials to alert them to the problem, Mexican officials recovered the three bodies on Saturday morning on their side of the Rio Grande River, across from the Shelby Park and Eagle Pass areas of Texas. [read post]
12 Jan 2024, 9:26 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
In a Friday filing with the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice alleged that Border Patrol agents had been denied access to the area, which includes a boat ramp that agents typically use to conduct operations along the Rio Grande, with gates and “armed personnel” blocking normal access points. [read post]
7 Jan 2024, 11:51 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This news to me seems even more bizarre/ominous given that the governor is stringing concertina wire not just along the Rio Grande but on the New Mexico border, as well (running north from El Paso). [read post]
3 Jan 2024, 7:07 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
Texas installed rolls of razor-wire fencing along some stretches of the Rio Grande River, which forms the U.S. border with Mexico in the southern part of the state, earlier this year. [read post]