Texas must remove floating barrier from Rio Grande, Fifth Circuit Court orders

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the court found that the river is navigable where the barrier was placed and that it is "an obstruction," meaning that Texas needed to receive permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- which regulates activities in waterways and wetlands under federal law -- before deploying it.
34% : "At this stage, however, Texas has not offered concrete evidence that the barrier has saved lives or reduced illegal crossings and drug trafficking," Willet wrote.

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