Texas must remove floating barriers on Rio Grande, judge rules

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Ezra rejected Texas' claims that the barrier was justified in stopping a wave of undocumented immigration, writing that "courts of appeals have uniformly declined to consider whether and when an 'invasion' occurs because of illegal immigration, as it 'involves matters of foreign policy and defense,' which the Constitution specifically commits to the federal government.""Under this logic, once Texas decides, in its sole discretion, that it has been invaded, it is subject to no oversight of its 'chosen means of waging war'...
51% : According to preliminary data from The Washington Post, a record number of migrants crossed the southern border in August.
43% : U.S. Border Patrol arrested at least 91,000 migrants who entered the country as part of a family group in August.
31% : "Texas and the Biden administration have had considerable differences over immigration policy for the U.S. southern border with Mexico, which has seen a significant increase in illegal migration since Biden took office.

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