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2023-08-13 10:21:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DB0086B4EE5757D5D0407FAE1726DB93BA3E34A1B275AE40A9048F55D5A37E4E
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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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