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bbott deployed to impede migrants from crossing the river from Mexico into Texas, according to news outlets, including the Houston Chronicle (07/21, Wallace). The Justice Department, the article detailed, sent Abbott a letter on Thursday regarding the barrier, saying, "The State of Texas's actions viola

and may interfere with the federal government's ability to carry out its official duties." The article noted that Assistant Atty. Gen. Todd Kim and U.S. Atty. for the Western District of Texas Jaime Esparza wrote that the floating barrier violates the Rivers and Harbors Act that "prohibits the creation of

Const., comes into play only when federal law clearly requires the records to be closed, and the state is clearly subject to its provisions. E.Q., Wallace v. Guzman, 687 So. 2d 1351, 1353 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (exemptions to federal Freedom of Information Act do not apply to state agencies); Nous. Auth.

. Hyde and Richard A. Russell of Peeples, Earl & Blauk, P.A., Miami, for appellee. Barry M. Hartman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., and Susan Hill P002011, Asst. U.S. Auy., Miami, Keith E. Saxe, David C. Shilton and Ellen J. Durkee, Dept. of Justice, Washington. D.C., for arn

junction claims and granted summary judgment in favor of the United States Attorney and county officials. Appeal was taken. The Court of Appeals, Wallace, Circuit Judge, held that (1) the citizen did not have stand- ing to challenge the investigation, but the organizations did; (2) there were no ex-

o, Miami, Fla, for plaintiffs-appel- lants. Richard Essen, Essen & Essen, P.A., North Miami Beach, Fla., for William Fa- loon. Dexter W. Lebtinen, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Barbara K. Bisno, Ant. U.S. Atty., Deborah S. Smolover, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Jacqueline H. Eagle, Office of Consumer Litigation,