Workers help deploy a string of large buoys to be used as a border barrier at the center of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, July 11. The floating barrier is being deployed in an effort to block migrants from entering Texas from Mexico.
Mandatory Credit:	Eric Gay/AP

Workers help deploy a string of large buoys to be used as a border barrier at the center of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, July 11. The floating barrier is being deployed in an effort to block migrants from entering Texas from Mexico.
Mandatory Credit: Eric Gay/AP

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Justice Department planning legal action against Texas over floating border barrier

The Justice Department told Texas Thursday that it intends to file legal action against the placement of floating barriers in the Rio Grande as part of the state’s operation along the Texas-Mexico border, according to sources familiar and a letter obtained by CNN.