Texas granted temporary stay to allow Rio Grande buoys to be kept in place
Texas has been granted a temporary stay, a day after a federal judge ordered the state to move the barriers it placed in the Rio Grande to its side of the river. A U.S. Appeals Court granted the State of Texas an emergency stay on Thursday, allowing the state to keep the barriers it installed in the Rio Grande in place for now. The development comes a day after a federal judge in Austin ordered the state of Texas to move the barriers to the riverbank on the Texas side of the river by Sept. 15. The state was also ordered not to put up any additional structures on or in the river until the final outcome of the lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice, according to the judge. The state's motion for a stay of the order has been granted "pending further order of the Court," the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' filing stated. It is expected that the Fifth Circuit will hear full arguments from both sides on whether to keep or move the barriers from the Rio Grande River....