New border barrier: What to know about Texas' string of buoys meant to deter Rio Grande crossings
, can be quickly deployed and moved as needed, said Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
“We can put mile after mile after mile of these buoys,” Abbott said of the spinning, bright-orange devices. “When we’re dealing with gatherings of 100 or 1,000, one of the goals is to slow down and deter as many of them as possible.”The U.S. Border Patrol originated the idea of stringing a barrier of buoys across the middle of the river and ran tests to ensure the marine boundary would pose minimal harm to migrants, McCraw said.
"We view it as a chilling reminder of the extreme measures used throughout history by elected leaders against those they do not regard as human beings, seeking only to exterminate them, regardless of the means employed," Rosales said."It is with profound horror and shame that we bear witness to the consideration of these measures, which are evidently intended as political theater but will undoubtedly result in the loss of innocent lives.
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