Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that a floating border barrier constructed in the Rio Grande to deter illegal border crossings has been.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that a floating border barrier constructed in the Rio Grande to deter illegal border crossings has been repositioned after surveyors found that it was mostly in Mexican territory.
The announcement comes after excavators were spotted doing construction work on Friday at the site of the nearly 1,000-foot section of interconnected, bright orange, 4-foot-wide sphere buoys near Eagle Pass, Texas.
The news also comes just days after a survey conducted by International Boundary and Water Commission determined that 79% of the barrier lies on the Mexican side of the river.
“Out of an abundance of caution, Texas went back and moved the buoys into a location where it is clear that they are on the United States side, not on the Mexico side,” Abbott said during a press conference in Eagle Pass on Monday.
The statement added that Abbott wasn’t sure if the “allegations” made by the International Boundary and Water Commission “were true or not.
