How is the Biden administration allowing razor wire and Abbot's buoy floats at the border? Is this

[Evolve Dammit]

all at the discretion of Abbott? I thought USCIS and Border Patrol were the regulatory agencies. Is this encouraged by the administration? Or is it on Abbott? Worse than a wall IMHO.

[Ocelot II]

1. They aren't allowing it; DoJ is litigating it.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-against-state-texas-illegally-placing-floating-buoy

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Much appreciated

[emulatorloo]

2. " Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrie..."

Can’t you just do an search before spreading misinformation?

‘Is this encouraged by the (Biden) administration?’ No, the Biden admin thru DOJ is suing to stop Abbott from doing this.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/showdown-texas-floating-border-barrier-governor-tells-biden-101616063

Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrier that’s meant to stop migrants

The Justice Department is suing Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over a floating barrier that the state placed on the Rio Grande to stop migrants from entering the U.S. The lawsuit filed Monday asks a court to force Texas to remove a line of bright or...
ByPAUL J. WEBER Associated Press and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press
July 24, 2023, 2:04 PM

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over a newly installed floating barrier on the Rio Grande that is the Republican's latest aggressive tactic to try to stop migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.

The lawsuit asks a federal judge in Austin to force Texas to remove a roughly 1,000-foot (305-meter) line of bright orange, wrecking ball-sized buoys that the Biden administration says raises humanitarian and environmental concerns. The suit claims that Texas unlawfully installed the barrier without permission between the border cities of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Mexico.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. Thank you.

[emulatorloo]

5. Yr welcome.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Some of us aren't as tapped in as other members. I was just asking

[emulatorloo]

7. I get it. But it is not too hard to do a google search.

Have a good night!

[Evolve Dammit]

8. You too

[Ocelot II]

13. The question was asked in a way that suggested that Biden approved of the barriers

or was intentionally failing to do anything about them.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Actually there were four questions to help me understand the issue.

[Ocelot II]

19. The way the questions were phrased suggests you thought the administration

was ignoring or encouraging the situation; rather than asking a neutral question like, "What is being done about the razor wire floats at the border?" the first question was "How is the Biden administration allowing razor wire and Abbot's buoy floats at the border?" - the answer to which is that it is not allowing them and is litigating the matter.

The answer to the second question, "Is this all at the discretion of Abbott?" is Yes.

The third question was "I thought USCIS and Border Patrol were the regulatory agencies." They are not regulatory agencies; they are law enforcement agencies.

The fourth question: "Is this encouraged by the administration?" Absolutely not. See #1.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. regulatory is law enforcement. Did it for 30 years. Sorry you are triggered. I meant no offense.

[agingdem]

9. Reminds of SNL character Emily Litela on Weekend News..

she would spew ridiculous outrage and when she was told the facts, her response was "Never mind"...

[Cartoonist]

10. So he's suing Texas. Big deal.

That will go on for a few years.
I'd like to see Joe step in with the military to remove them and arrest Abbott's A double S.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. He isn't a dictator.

[Ocelot II]

12. That would be completely illegal, and Biden isn't a fascist like TFG.

We can't complain about the unlawful shit TFG pulled and then turn around and advocate doing the same kind of thing. Biden has absolutely no legal authority to send in the military to either remove the buoys or arrest Abbott. Sometimes I'm amazed at the authoritarian ideas that pop up on a liberal site like DU...

[ecstatic]

14. Agreed, but isn't the wire killing people? And isn't killing people illegal?

[Ocelot II]

15. So you want to use extralegal measures to solve the problem?

That's a very slippery slope.

[ecstatic]

16. I don't know what the options are but if people are being killed

We can't just allow the deaths to pile up while waiting for the case to make its way through the courts. Can we? There has to be something that can be done.

[Ocelot II]

17. A court can order a preliminary injunction.