For more than two years, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the U.S., pushing legal boundaries with a go-it-alone bravado. Disaster declaration allows Texas to install border buoys, razor wire:
Abbott, who cruised to a third term in November while promising tougher border crackdowns, has used disaster declarations as the legal bedrock for some measures.“There are so many ways that what Texas is doing right now is just flagrantly illegal,” said David Donatti, an attorney for the Texas American Civil Liberties Union.
The experienced kayaker often took clients and race participants into the water through a shallow channel formed by a border island covered in verdant brush. That has been replaced by a bulldozed stretch of barren land connected to the mainland and fortified with razor wire. The Justice Department has warned Texas that the buoy wall is unlawful and the Biden administration will sue if the state doesn't remove it. Abbott tweeted Friday that the state “has the sovereign authority to defend our border" after the Justice Department sought a commitment by Monday afternoon to remove the barrier.which says it violates treaties. Mexico's secretary of foreign relations asked the U.S. government to remove the buoys and razor wire in a June letter.
“Additionally, the General Land Office will also permit vegetation management, provided compliance with all applicable state and federal regulations is upheld,” saidThe Texas Military Department cleared out carrizo cane, which Buckingham's office called an “invasive plant” in its response to questions from the AP, and changed the landscape, affecting the river's flow.
The state declined to release any records that might detail the environmental impacts of the buoys or changes to the landscape.
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