Texas Department of Public Safetyįlores said the lawsuit, which seeks a temporary and permanent injunction, was filed on Friday before the buoys were installed in the Rio Grande.Ībbott posted a 15-second video to Twitter showing buoys being loaded from trailers that would be deployed near Eagle Pass. The buoys were being loaded from trucks on Friday to be installed in the Rio Grande. The suit said the buoys “represent a hateful policy that intends to create the impression that Mexicans, immigrants, and Mexican Americans … are dangerous.” The floating devices also will prevent Epi’s from conducting tours and canoe and kayak sessions in Eagle Pass, according to the suit. The suit accuses the Republican governor of misapplying the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 to justify the buoy system – which “has no logical connection to the purpose of the Disaster Act, which is to respond to ‘the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or man-made cause.’ “Ībbott, the suit said, cannot “create his own border patrol agency to regulate the border and prevent immigrants from entering Texas.”Īdditionally, the US Constitution and federal statues do not empower Texas with authority to enforce immigration laws, according to the suit. The lawsuit alleges the buoys will prevent Epi’s and Fuentes, the company’s owner-operator, from conducting tours and canoe and kayak sessions in the border town Eagle Pass, causing “imminent and irreparable harm to EPI.” (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images) Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images/FILEįour migrants, including an infant, drowned in the Rio Grande River over 3-day period, official saysĪbbott, a longtime critic of the Biden administration’s border policies, announced the plan to install the 1,000-foot floating barrier last month. A razor wire fence is pictured next to the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas on June 16, 2023.
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