Texas putting in buoy obstacles to stop unlawful river crossings from Mexico

Texas will deploy a series of buoys alongside the Rio Grande River subsequent month in an effort to stop migrants from illegally crossing the aquatic border that separates the U.S. from Mexico.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Col. Steven McCraw mentioned final week that the primary 1,000-foot-long chain will likely be put in July 7 close to Eagle Pass, Texas. The buoys are about six toes tall and have netting beneath to stop individuals from swimming beneath.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott shared the plan throughout a bill-signing ceremony for a number of new items of laws associated to fortifying the U.S. southern border.

“We’re securing the border at the border,” Mr. Abbott mentioned on the occasion Thursday. “What these buoys will allow us to do is prevent people from even getting to the border.”

The buoys are being put in place with out enter from officers within the Mexican metropolis of Piedra Negras, which sits throughout the river from Eagle Pass, in keeping with ABC News.

Mr. Abbott’s workplace mentioned that the buoy obstacles will likely be used at sizzling spots all through the Rio Grande border, however didn’t specify different potential areas.

The marine barrier is the most recent a part of the governor’s Operation Lone Star.

The plan was launched to curb unlawful immigration on the southern border and stop criminals from gaining entry to the U.S.