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2023-08-10 11:48:37 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 99026C8C8AA4C34EFBDCD7E6CFB3D5B281B4998D25CBDBD4EF5AA679D14CCBC7
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Pictured are marine barrier buoys that use unpowered circular blades as a deterrent, like a barbed wire fence They were deployed on the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass TX by governor Greg Abbot https://www.wrbl.com/border-report-tour/buoys-for-border-barrier-arrive-at-rio-grande-dps-says/ Texas DPS states recent migrant drowning deaths in area unrelated to marine barriers https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2023-08-03/dead-body-found-stuck-to-texas-gov-abbotts-border-buoys-in-the-rio-grande
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