Latest efforts to stop the illegal migrant crossings, border buoys in the rio grande. hey, casey. good to see you. abbott is joined by four other governors, and take an aerial tour, a section of the rio grande river where texas has deployed those giant floating barriers in the water to help deter migrants from illegally crossing. the justice department suing texas arguing the buoys have to be removed because they violate river protection laws. the doj officials claim the buoys are unauthorized and obstruct u.s. waters. texas has argued they do not obstruct that part of the river, therefore the law doesn t apply. governor abbott also contends the federal government has failed to defend the southern border adding the state has a federal constitutional right to defend itself against invasion
Latest efforts to stop the illegal migrant crossings, border buoys in the rio grande. hey, casey. good to see you. abbott is joined by four other governors, and take an aerial tour, a section of the rio grande river where texas has deployed those giant floating barriers in the water to help deter migrants from illegally crossing. the justice department suing texas arguing the buoys have to be removed because they violate river protection laws. the doj officials claim the buoys are unauthorized and obstruct u.s. waters. texas has argued they do not obstruct that part of the river, therefore the law doesn t apply. governor abbott also contends the federal government has failed to defend the southern border adding the state has a federal constitutional right to defend itself against invasion from non-state actors.
Breaking out into the country. the justice department suing texas today saying the gop redistricting and maps december criminate against black and latino voters. the complaint we file today alleges that texas has violated section 2 by creating redistricting plans that deny or bridge the rights of latino and black voters to vote on account of their race, color or membership in a majority group. this is the second federal lawsuit that the biden administration filed against texas this year. the doj also challenged restrictive voting measures in texas including ban 24-hour and drive-through voting, making it tougher to vote by mail and empowering partisan poll watchers. so make no mistake about this. our democracy is at risk. i ve said it before. it s not just in texas, either.
One source saying the committee is getting cooperation with team pence. so what are they learning from the then vice president s inner circle? what are they learning and will that put pressure on people like mark meadows that said he ll cooperate with the committee but is still claiming executive privilege. what will happen here. let s remember what january 6th was all about. it was about subverting our free and fair election and stopping the peaceful transfer of power. delegitimizing the votes of 81 million americans that cast ballots for joe biden and it s not over yet. january 6th was the trial run. the assault on the vote is breaking out into the country. the justice department suing texas today saying the gop
Use every tool that we have whether it is this lawsuit from the doj, action in congress to ensure that the constitutional right that has been the law of the land for the last 50 years, a law that came out of texas, remains the law of the land for people in texas and across the country. you know, we re starting to see some economic backlash from this. i mean the city of portland is it canning trade and travel with texas. the company salesforce told the texas employees they offer to relocate them over the new law. do you know of any more companies planning to do this? are you working the phones? if they don t, will any of this be effective? well, certainly there s a role here to play. i think it s notable that the texas businesses that you ve seen starting to speak out to protect their employees notably the very first ones are owned by texas women. but i hope that we will see others who are here. and those who are thinking about coming here. you know, a lot of companies