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Rio Grande water shortage not just due to Mexico's lack of water deliveries, data shows
Research from a federal agency shows that the two international reservoirs that supply water to the Rio Grande were receiving less water than they did during the 1980s even without accounting for water deliveries owed by Mexico.
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Supreme Court rejects water dispute settlement between New Mexico and Texas
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers.
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Texas asks appeal judges to let it keep floating barrier in place on the Rio Grande
Arguments before three judges with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans centered on whether the river area near the border city of Eagle Pass is, or could be, used for commercial navigation.
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2 bodies recovered from Rio Grande, one near the floating barrier installed by Gov. Abbott
Mexican authorities are trying to identify two bodies found in the Rio Grande this week, including one that was spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott had installed recently in the Rio Grande, across from Eagle Pass, Texas.
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DOJ files injunction in Texas buoy case, asks judge to order them removed
The DOJ filed a preliminary injunction Wednesday in their case against Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state of Texas over buoys installed in the Rio Grande.
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Putting a floating barrier in the Rio Grande to stop migrants is new. The idea isn't.
In the final months of the Trump administration, a new plan to seal off the United States’ southern border started gaining steam: a floating water barrier to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico.
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Feds file lawsuit against Texas over floating barriers in the Rio Grande
Monday morning, Governor Greg Abbott responded with a letter to President Joe Biden defending the state’s actions, writing “Texas will see you in court, Mr. President.”
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Mexico files border boundaries complaint over Texas' floating barrier plan on Rio Grande
Mexico’s top diplomat said Friday her country has sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. government expressing concern that Texas’ deployment of floating barriers on the Rio Grande may violate 1944 and 1970 treaties on boundaries and water.
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Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor's latest effort to curb border crossings
Texas began rolling out what is set to become a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande on Friday in the latest escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar effort to secure the U.S. border with Mexico, which already has included bussing migrants to liberal states and authorizing the National Guard to make arrests.