Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on June 8th that the state of Texas is planning on placing a 1000-foot floating barrier to stop immigrants from entering the United States,
“We can put mile after mile after mile of these buoys,” Mr. Abbott said at a news conference, flanked by photos showing what the barrier would look like once deployed. “When we’re dealing with gatherings of 100 or 1,000, one of the goals is to slow down and deter as many of them as possible,” he went on to explain.
On Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida flew 36 immigrants from El Paso, Texas, to Sacramento, California, in an attempt to protest the immigrant-friendly policies of California Democrats. In recent weeks, more than a dozen governors, including Mr. DeSantis have sent local police and state National Guard members to the border with Mexico in response to a request from Mr. Abbott.
“If this means [fewer] people will be crossing illegally through the heart of Eagle Pass, we support it,” said Rolando Salinas Jr., the Mayor of Eagle Pass. “We want to avoid any interruption to our international bridges and our downtown businesses.”
The pandemic era border restrictions that were lifted last month resulted in rapid displacements of many immigrants under the new public health rules. Usually, there would be a big increase in migration. However, The change was attended by other new control measures and did not show a quick increase in migration.
Mr. Abbot and other citizens of the United States still accuse President Biden of not doing more about the thousands of new immigrants arriving each day.
Roberto De Leon, the chief deputy sheriff in Maverick County, said that so many migrants had been drowning in their area that deputies have been pulling at least one or two dead bodies from the river each day.
“Anything that keeps us from finding a dead body on the side of the river, I’m for,” De Leon said.
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“We can put mile after mile after mile of these buoys,” Mr. Abbott said at a news conference, flanked by photos showing what the barrier would look like once deployed. “When we’re dealing with gatherings of 100 or 1,000, one of the goals is to slow down and deter as many of them as possible,” he went on to explain.
On Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida flew 36 immigrants from El Paso, Texas, to Sacramento, California, in an attempt to protest the immigrant-friendly policies of California Democrats. In recent weeks, more than a dozen governors, including Mr. DeSantis have sent local police and state National Guard members to the border with Mexico in response to a request from Mr. Abbott.
“If this means [fewer] people will be crossing illegally through the heart of Eagle Pass, we support it,” said Rolando Salinas Jr., the Mayor of Eagle Pass. “We want to avoid any interruption to our international bridges and our downtown businesses.”
The pandemic era border restrictions that were lifted last month resulted in rapid displacements of many immigrants under the new public health rules. Usually, there would be a big increase in migration. However, The change was attended by other new control measures and did not show a quick increase in migration.
Mr. Abbot and other citizens of the United States still accuse President Biden of not doing more about the thousands of new immigrants arriving each day.
Roberto De Leon, the chief deputy sheriff in Maverick County, said that so many migrants had been drowning in their area that deputies have been pulling at least one or two dead bodies from the river each day.
“Anything that keeps us from finding a dead body on the side of the river, I’m for,” De Leon said.
Source:
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