Texas Ordered to Remove Buoy Barrier From Rio Grande

Texas must remove the 1,000-foot floating border barrier it installed in the middle of the Rio Grande, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. Judge David A. Ezra, of the Western District of Texas, forbade Texas from lengthening the barrier—made up of giant orange buoys anchored by concrete blocks—and ordered the state to remove the existing barrier by Sept. 15. Texas installed the buoy barrier in July as part of its continuing campaign, known as Operation Lone Star, to fight illegal immigration into the state.