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Texas to Deploy Marine Barrier in the Rio Grande to Block New Surge of Immigrants
Center For Immigration Studies ^ | June 8, 2023 | Todd Bensman

Posted on 06/08/2023 8:39:51 PM PDT by Texan4Life

The first 1,000 feet of floating barrier, consisting of large rotating buoys strung tightly together on thick steel cable, will be rolled out on a highly trafficked stretch of the Rio Grande between Piedras Negras, Mexico, and Eagle Pass, Texas, where a rising torrent of immigrant family groups have been crossing to turn themselves in since the end of Title 42 pandemic instant expulsions May 12, the sources said. Immigrants would have difficulty crossing over the buoys because they would rotate backward toward immigrants attempting to climb over them.

(Excerpt) Read more at cis.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: barrier; border; illegal; river; texas
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To: spokeshave

main = mail...as in chain-mail.


21 posted on 06/09/2023 4:43:44 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: spokeshave

ps,,,I like the spiky attachments.


22 posted on 06/09/2023 4:44:26 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: dfwgator

Only mutated ill tempered sea bass for you!


23 posted on 06/09/2023 5:45:13 AM PDT by xp38
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To: crusty old prospector

How about just a few rows of concertina wire.

cut and lifted up - not enough.


24 posted on 06/09/2023 6:42:24 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Texan4Life

“...would not include the barbs included in this image from the Cochrane company website.”

Darn.


25 posted on 06/09/2023 6:45:59 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Texan4Life
I like the idea, good to see action but what happens with an illegal, maybe with kids, drowns on the Mexican side of this? Sad for them, shame on Mexico for letting them try this, but I'm sure blame will go to Texas and the US.

Maybe occupy the Mexican side of the river, set up a barrier and a safe haven. Keep them from ever reaching the river. Where's Trump's alligators when we need them?

26 posted on 06/09/2023 8:10:02 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Donald Tantrum? No Thank You. We Can Do Better! I am a Veteran Supporting Veteran DeSantis.)
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To: Texan4Life

Immigrants would have difficulty crossing over the buoys because they would rotate backward toward immigrants attempting to climb over them.

Uhm, how about take a deep breath and swim under them?


27 posted on 06/09/2023 9:16:35 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: M Kehoe

“They have several other products that can be used to deny crossing and entry”

Ma Duce and napalm?

Just asking.

Personally, I’d put crocodiles and/or alligators.


28 posted on 06/09/2023 9:17:18 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: ro_dreaming

It states the purpose is to stop a caravan of hundreds/thousands trying to cross at once. If the occasional guy swims under, no biggie.


29 posted on 06/09/2023 4:52:47 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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