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“*U.S. sues NAME_1 after NAME_2 declines to remove floating border barrier*

The U.S. Department of Justice made good on its warning last week that it would sue NAME_1 unless the state agreed to remove the barrier in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass.
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The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday it is suing NAME_1 and NAME_2 after the state declined to remove the floating barrier deployed earlier this month on the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass.
The lawsuit, filed in an Austin federal court, alleges the barrier was installed without necessary authorization from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
“Because NAME_1 installed the Floating Barrier without seeking the Corps’ authorization, the Corps and other relevant federal agencies were deprived of the opportunity to evaluate risks the barrier poses to public safety and the environment, mitigate those risks as necessary through the permitting process, and otherwise evaluate whether the project is in the public interest,” the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit also alleges that the floating barrier obstructs navigation on the river and demands that the state remove the barrier.
“President NAME_3’s border enforcement plan has led to the lowest levels of unlawful border crossings in over two years," White House spokesperson NAME_4 said in a written statement. "Governor NAME_5’s dangerous and unlawful actions are undermining that effective plan, making it hard for the men and women of Border Patrol to do their jobs of securing the border, and putting migrants and border agents in danger.”
Last week, the Justice Department sent a letter threatening legal action against the state if it did not respond with a commitment to remove the barrier by 1 p.m. Central time on Monday. NAME_5 responded with a letter to President NAME_6 on Monday morning committing to keep the barrier in place.
NAME_5 defended his decision to do so as the “commander-in-chief of our State’s militia” and blamed the NAME_3 administration’s immigration policy for the conditions at the border.
“It has been under your watch that migrants have suffered an unprecedented crisis of inhumanity,” NAME_5 said in the letter to NAME_3. “If you truly care about human life, you must begin enforcing federal immigration laws.”
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