1,000 feet of the floating barriers arrived at the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass.
The governor introduced the concept of the "water-based barrier" at a news conference earlier this month.
It is unclear how many miles of the border will be covered by the buoys, but in Gov. Abbott's announcement he said the state would initially receive 1,000 feet of the floating barriers to be used in Eagle Pass. Col. Steven McCraw of the Texas Department of Safety called the buoys a proactive way to prevent border crossings."Nobody needs to be coming between the ports of entry. It's dangerous," said Col. McCraw. "The buoy is on the water itself. They can be quickly deployed, and they can be moved."The first 1,000-feet of the border wall is said to cost about $1 million.
The barrier will be paid for by the more than $5 billion in funding for border security passed by the Texas Legislature this year. This is not a new idea, as President Donald Trump asked his staff to evaluate floating barriers to supplement his border wall project back in 2020.
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