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WASHINGTON — Texas hit back against the Justice Department effort to remove its 1,000-foot buoy barrier from the Rio Grande by arguing the federal government only has jurisdiction over navigable rivers, and that the spot near Eagle Pass isn’t. The latest filing also acknowledges for the first time that the barrier includes a 2-foot “anti-dive net” below the surface, bolstering …

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