Biden’s DOJ To Take Legal Action Against Texas Over Floating Border Barrier: REPORT

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will take legal action against Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his decision to erect a floating border barrier along the southern border, CNN reported Friday.

Abbott announced in early June that he’d place a floating buoy barrier in the Rio Grande River to deter illegal immigration into his state. The DOJ sent a letter to Abbott Thursday alleging a violation of federal law, according to CNN.

“The State of Texas’s actions violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risks to public safety and the environment, and may interfere with the federal government’s ability to carry out its official duties,” the letter stated, citing a portion of law that “prohibits the creation of any obstruction to the navigable capacity of waters of the United States, and further prohibits building any structure in such waters without authorization from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”),” according to CNN.