Trial Challenging Texas’s Rio Grande Border Barriers Delayed

A trial set for next week in federal court between Texas and the Biden administration over the state’s use of a floating river barrier to stop migration will be postponed by 60 days or longer, a judge said Thursday.

The delay comes after the federal government requested an opportunity to reevaluate its case in light of a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversing an injunction Tuesday to allow Texas to use the barrier. Texas, which didn’t oppose the delay request, sought earlier this week to postpone the trial on different grounds after the …