The state plans to install long chains of 4-foot-tall orange buoys along the Rio Grande to deter migrants from crossing the river.
that it’s only “recently” been speaking with state officials about what’s allowed under federal law. The commission said it is “looking into” the state’s plan and its potential impacts.
Increased militarization of the border doesn’t quell the flow of people. It may change it. It may make the journey more arduous and dangerous. But it does not quell it. Desperate people beat each new barrier to entry, as we’ve seen time and again with each iteration of walls, fences, barbed wire and shipping containers. And now, orange buoys.
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