Biden messed with Texas

Explain It to Me

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🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In early July, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed a chain of buoys and barbed wire in the Rio Grande as part of his “Operation Lone Star” plan to crack down on illegal border crossings. Then, a few days later, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit in response to the floating buoy border. The DOJ is using an obscure 1899 law called the Rivers and Harbors Act as the legal basis for this suit, claiming the border obstructs navigable waterways. Will that be enough for the DOJ to force Abbott to remove the buoys? Weeds host Jonquilyn Hill asks Texas A&M law professor Gabriel Eckstein and Texas Tribune reporter Uriel García to find out. Read More: Biden is taking Texas to court over its floating border barrier Eagle Pass residents sour on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star Submit your policy questions! We want to know what you’re curious about. Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Katelyn Bogucki, producer Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.8	This is the Weeds. I'm John Gullin-Hell. Somehow a good chunk of my best friends
1:09.2	from college all ended up living in Texas. And I truly do have a great time
1:13.8	every time I visit them in Dallas. The food is great and the Texas State Fair is
1:18.3	a lot of fun. We'll soon be visiting the State Fair of Texas. And a lot of
1:23.9	them will be looking for the latest deep fried food. There's cornbread,
1:28.2	sausage bombs, deep fried sushi bombs, deep fried. I had no clue you could even
1:32.6	fry that many things. But still it's not enough to get me to move there.
1:37.5	Sorry guys. Because I have so many friends in Texas, my ears do perk up when I
1:43.3	hear any policy news out of the state. Like last year when Texas Governor Greg
1:47.6	Abbott and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent migrants to blue cities.
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