Texas won Wednesday in a legal battle over buoys installed in the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border as the appeal court will allow him to maintain a 300-meter barrier, installed last July.

The 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals today overturned the decision of three of its judges who upheld the ruling last December by Federal Judge David Ezra. for the state to remove some of the buoys.

Ezra’s order was given last September, but The State of Texas appealed this decision.

The decision represents a victory for the Republican governor of Texas. Greg Abbottwho ordered the installation of buoys in the Eagle Pass sector as part of Operation Lone Star against illegal immigration.

A majority of 17 judges on the New Orleans-based Court of Appeals opined that the case must be re-examined.

Last year, the US Department of Justice sued Texas, arguing that the barrier constituted “obstruction of navigability” Rio Grande.

For its part, the Texas government defended the installation of the buoys, arguing that it was forced to take action on its own to “protect” from the “invasion” of migrantsblaming the Democratic federal administration for failing to secure the southern border.

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On appeal, Texas argued that Judge Ezra erred in his finding that the buoys constituted an obstruction to navigation on the river and that abused his powers by ordering the removal of the buoys.

Government of President Joe Biden You still have several legal options to pursue your case. and even appeal to the US Supreme Court.

The buoys caused the Mexican government to repeatedly ask the United States to remove the barrier, claiming that Most of the buoys were located in Mexico.

International Boundary and Water Commission, a bilateral organization, confirmed this statement in a report presented to Ezra’s court, which concluded that the vast majority of the buoys were on the Mexican side.

Texas is in yet another legal battle with the Biden government over… barbed wire post on the border.

Abbott’s recent order to Texas National Guard soldiers to take control of Shelby Park, located in the Eagle Pass sector, and restrict access of border guards This could also end in a lawsuit.

(according to information from EFE)