This Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the State of Texas prepared to battle in the courts over border security. CNN This Morning covered Texas’s controversial buoy border and portrayed the red state as apathetic to the plight of migrants.
The stream of migrants strained Texas’s resources due to inadequate support from the federal government. In response, the state introduced its Lone Star policy to deter migrants from crossing into the United States illegally. Recently, they added a 1,000-foot buoy chain with underwater fencing.
The DoJ ordered Texas to remove the barrier, citing the Rivers and Harbors Act which prevented any structures from being built in navigable waterways without approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.