Texas Is Making a Buoy Border to Stop Illegal Immigration

By: Kerry Ding

The state of Texas will make buoys to place in the river, Rio Grande to stop and deter Mexican immigrants from crossing the border into the U.S. This is only the latest event that has happened in a string of decisions made by American state governors to prevent Mexican immigrants from crossing into U.S territory.

These buoys will be very big, spanning over four feet in diameter. The wall of buoys will begin construction in Eagle Pass. The city already has many illegal border passings and is a prime target to see whether the concept of a floating wall works or not. The existing borders only cover a small portion of Texas’s huge border with Mexico. However, the Texan government seems to be confident that soon, much larger parts of the border will be covered.

The most recent attempt to crack down on illegal immigration from Mexico in the state was an announcement made by the Republican governor Greg Abbott. He said, “We can put mile after mile after mile of these buoys.” Over the last week, there has been a lot of pressure on the Democrats in California to change their immigrant-friendly policies. The Republicans even accused the Democrats of trying to make illegal immigrants cross the border.

Even after this huge, newly added wall, the governor of Texas and other Republican figures still criticize President Biden for making little effort to stop the mass illegal immigration.

The buoys aren’t Texas’s only obstacle though, it is only one of the steps that Texas will take in its multibillion-dollar plan to reinforce its border control.

Officials in Eagle Pass, a city dealing with many illegal immigrants, openly support Governor Abbott’s choices. The mayor has said that the city will continue to support the project if fewer people cross the border illegally and do not interrupt the businesses and bridges.

When asked if the barrier would make swimming in the Rio Grande more dangerous, the mayor said that “people shouldn’t be crossing there to begin with.”

When the chief deputy of Maverick County was asked about the issue, he sided with the mayor. “Anything that keeps us from finding a dead body on the side of the river, I’m for,” he said. According to him, the deputies in the area have been pulling out dead bodies from the Rio Grande because so many people try to swim across and die while trying.