Posted on 06/09/2023 8:26:22 AM PDT by cotton1706
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday the state is installing “marine floating barriers” to deter illegal immigrants from crossing the Rio Grande River.
The new barriers will be set up at illegal crossing hotspots, with the first deployed near Eagle Pass, which Texas Department of Public Safety director Steven McCraw called the “the center of gravity for smuggling.”
The inflatable balls spin when one tries to climb them, “making it more difficult to cross the Rio Grande and reach the Texas side of the southern border,” Abbott’s office said in a press release.
Installation of the buoys is beginning “pretty much immediately.”
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He could have been doing this for the entirety of the Trump Administration, while the wall was being litigated and then built.
as in ALLIGATORS????
“He could have been doing this for the entirety of the Trump Administration, while the wall was being litigated and then built.”
Why didn’t Trump do it? After all, border protection is a federal issue.
They should make this into a reality TV program.
Maybe it’s just me, but no one thought of swimming under these “barriers”?
Spinning beach balls? Maybe pipe in some rave music too?
And as the first “migrants” especially women and children are filmed struggling and perhaps drowning in deep water they will be litigated and removed. The wall, properly built, seems more humane.
“Why didn’t Trump do it? After all, border protection is a federal issue.”
I don’t know. It’s very frustrating.
“Maybe it’s just me, but no one thought of swimming under these “barriers”?”
Did you think about reading the article?
n o
“According to McCraw, there will also be “webbing” underneath the buoys to deter swimming beneath them. “
Anchored? A few feet deep? Can’t be cut?
How about sharks with laser beams attached to their heads?
Piranhas would be better than gators.
Sharks with lasers attached to their heads.
I believe the Rio Grande is international waters and under federal jurisdiction. They’ll be ordered to be taken out by Biden.
Get a couple of large generators, throw some heavy duty power lines in the Rio Grande and turn of the juice.
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