Jul 27, 2023 · Texas is using controversial large buoys and sharp razor wire to prevent migrants from attempting river crossings. Here's a closer look.

Jan 20, 2025 · Texas puts more border buoys in Rio Grande. Texas Governor Greg Abbott posted a video of border buoys being placed into the Rio Grande shortly after President Trump was sworn into office.

Jul 8, 2023 · Dozens of large buoys that are set to be deployed in the Rio Grande are unloaded, Friday, July 7, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas, where border crossings continue to place stress on local resources. Advocates have raised concern that the barriers may have an adverse environmental impact.

Jul 25, 2023 · Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the U.S. He’s pushing legal boundaries along the border with Mexico to install razor wire, deploy massive buoys on the Rio Grande and bulldozing border islands in …

Jul 31, 2024 · Buoys meant to deter migrant crossings in the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, US, on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. The full 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals handed Texas a major win Tuesday...

Dec 13, 2024 · On the U.S.-Mexico border, they are perhaps the most visible symbol of Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to deter migrants from entering Texas: giant, orange buoys floating in the Rio Grande, designed...

Sep 8, 2023 · NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Texas’ floating barrier on a section of the Rio Grande to stay in place for now, a day after a judge called the buoys a threat to the safety of migrants and relations between the U.S. and Mexico.

4 days ago · RICHMOND, Texas - Governor Greg Abbott gave remarks this week on the buoys placed in the Rio Grande at the Mexican border. RELATED: Texas buoy barrier operations shift to federal hands, according ...

Sep 6, 2023 · Federal District Judge David A. Ezra ruled on Wednesday that Texas must remove a string of buoys, installed to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande, siding with the federal...

Jul 10, 2023 · Texas deployed a sting of buoys into the Rio Grande this weekend as a way to deter migrant crossings. It's the latest element in Gov. Greg Abbott's anti-immigration agenda.