An up-close look at Gov. Greg Abbott's floating wall in the Rio Grande. | via TPRNews
EAGLE PASS, TX — It’s 6 a.m. and Jesse Fuentes is leading a fact-finding kayak group to see Gov. Greg Abbott’s floating border wall in Eagle Pass. The new centerpiece — his controversial Operation Lone Star program to deter illegal immigration.
They say they’re from Venezuela. It’s several families with small children struggling to wade through the murky water. The Austin Democrat says instead of spending billions on Operation Lone Star, the state should invest in the infrastructure to help people enter Texas legally.Farther downriver, we reach the orange buoy barrier. It stretches out for more than three football fields in the middle of the Rio Grande.The barrier is anchored to the shallow water with thick cables and concrete bases.
“Just cruelty. You saw it for yourself,” he said. “Nothing but concertina, containers, ship cars, and now a buoy in the middle of the river.”Texas officials say the men likely drowned upstream. One body was caught in the buoys.
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