The Facts
US District Judge David Ezra was scheduled Tuesday to consider the Dept. of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit against the state of Texas over the floating barrier the state has established at the US-Mexico border.
The buoys — which are the size of wrecking balls — were installed in July on the Rio Grande River, and the Biden administration is seeking their removal.
The Spin
Democratic narrative
These cruel and dangerous buoys are just the latest part of Abbott’s illegal attempt to localize dangerous approaches to immigration law enforcement. Neither Abbott nor any Republicans seem to care about the humanitarian crises the buoys and other tactics are causing, and they’re accompanying anti-immigrant rhetoric is stoking the flames of white supremacy and putting the country at risk.
Republican narrative
If the current administration won't protect the southern border, then Texas is well within its rights to do whatever it takes to keep it and the country safe. If Democrats are so worried about an alleged humanitarian crisis, they should discourage migrants from attempting the dangerous journey to the US from wherever they’re from. Woke, leftist immigration policies are the real danger for America — not attempts to bolster barriers to illegal entry.
