Federal judge deflates Abbott’s anti-immigration buoy barriers

A federal judge has ordered that a floating barrier placed by Texas officials in the Rio Grande to deter migrants from seeking harbor in the United States must be moved as courts consider its legality. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has ushered in a raft of anti-immigration measures under a widely criticized initiative known as Operation Lone Star. One of them — tossing a 1,000-foot blockade of buoys with razor wire into the Rio Grande — broke federal law, U.S. District Judge David Ezra ruled Wednesday. The Biden administration...