Update:

Here’s the relevant provision of the Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 U.S.C. § 403, that DOJ is claiming Governor Abbott has violated by placing obstructions in the Rio Grande:https://t.co/PqUKn0wIY8

Methinks Texas is going to lose (again). pic.twitter.com/3ZcObGmcO6

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) July 24, 2023

Abbott is now calling this "an obscure statute" (a reminder: Abbott sat on the Texas Supreme Court before becoming governor. I wonder how Justice Abbott would regard that argument).  Which means, of course, under the Obscure Statutes Act of 1664, it cannot be enforced.

Right?

The same report also noted that migrants from Mexico are walking down river to cross pass the buoys, and then crawling over the razor wire he has deployed on the river bank in order to enter the U.S. so they can claim asylum. 

Texas styles itself "The Friendly State," a motto I've always been rather proud of.  Razor wire being so friendly and welcoming, and all. (And it's been placed on private property without permission, blocking access to water for livestock.  Abbott is just coming up aces all around!)