This variation is the basis of the Republican claim that the feds shouldn’t control the Rio Grande - although the portions they contend are not navigable are in New Mexico, not along the Texas border. That makes some portions of the river less flowing at certain times of the year. Only 20% of the river’s volume makes it to the Gulf of Mexico because so much water is siphoned off along the way for water supply. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Ībout 1,000 miles of the river’s 1,800-mile expanse form a portion of the U.S. Coast Guard manage to navigate it.īuoy barriers are installed and situated in the middle of the Rio Grande River on July 18 in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Republican Congressmen - acting on behalf of Abbott - contend the Rio Grande does not meet the criteria for federal control because its waters are not navigable, even though both the U.S. The White House contends neither Abbott nor the State of Texas have authority to obstruct the river - much less mutilate people in the water.īesides immigration matters being delegated by law to federal control, the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act prohibits unapproved structures being placed in federally controlled waterways. Those plates have been described as “serrated metal plates to pierce the flesh of anyone who tries to pass them.” Greg Abbott.Īs part of his well-publicized campaign against immigrants, Abbott has ordered troops to push migrants back into the water and has erected a line of enormous buoys that have been shown to house razor-sharp metal plates like circular saw blades wedged between the orange buoys. and Mexico.Īttorneys for the Texas Public Policy Foundation - which is known for promoting school vouchers and advocating “the forgotten moral case for fossil fuels” by rejecting the scientific consensus on climate change - wrote the amicus brief in the case brought by the Biden administration against Texas Gov. Twenty-two Republican members of Congress have turned to the book of Genesis for justification on why the State of Texas and not the federal government should have control of the Rio Grande River that serves as a border between the U.S.
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