"Texas Court Allows Floating Border Barrier to Remain Until Legal Battle Ends"

A federal appeals court has temporarily reversed an order requiring Texas to remove a floating barrier at the border to curb the flow of illegal immigrants, allowing the buoys to stay until May. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured an en banc rehearing by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, arguing that the buoy system was deployed to reduce unvetted migrant crossings. The Biden administration had challenged the barrier, citing legal and humanitarian concerns, but the Fifth Circuit's decision to grant an en banc hearing means the order to move the buoys will continue to be stayed until the argument in May 2024.