AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is refusing to take down floating barriers in the Rio Grande in direct defiance of the Biden administration's order to remove the buoys.

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“Texas will fully utilize its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have caused,” Abbott wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden. “Texas will see you in court, Mr. President.”

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The red state's defiance comes days after the Justice Department sent Texas a letter Thursday notifying Abbott that it would sue the state for violating federal law.

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