Some giant orange buoys with spikes represent the new and controversial anti-immigrant strategy of Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

The so-called boundary buoys or floating wall have been placed by machines in the waters of the Rio Grande since Friday, July 21, 2023, a move many consider an affront to the Joe Biden administration.

“Today begins the installation of a new sea barrier,” Abbott, who is leading Operation Lone Star, announced Friday, “which will include the mass transfer of migrants to ‘sanctuary’ cities in other states,” BBC Mundo reported.

On the same day in Washington, it was learned through the EFE office that at least “90 Democratic congressmen had asked the Biden administration to take legal action against the Texas governor’s immigration policies following reports of inhumane treatment of babies, children and women in the Rio Grande, bordering Mexico, where they are also exposed to dangerous barbed wire.”

Three days later, the U.S. Justice Department announced it was indicting Abbott.

The floating and discord wall

Abbott’s plan is to place these spiked buoys in an area of ​​about 300 meters near Eagle Pass, which borders the Mexican city of Piedras Negras, BBC Mundo described.

These buoys will be installed and will float, explained the journalist David Martin Davies. He pointed out, quoted in that medium, that “these are added to the barbed wire that already exists on the Texas river bank, as well as some containers from cargo ships that were unloaded to form a physical barrier.”

In the first phase, it expanded NTN 24, this wall is about 300 meters long and, depending on the area, would have a depth of 1.80 meters.

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The lawsuit against the governor of Texas

Congressmen who rejected Abbott’s move asked Biden to take legal action to stop Abbott, determined to stop the arrival of more migrants to his state.

The Justice Department had given the governor until July 24 to remove the barrier.

According to Noticias Telemundo at 1 p.m. Monday, that deadline had passed and Abbott has not returned any floating buoys.

Hours later, the Justice Department reported that it had sued the state of Texas for installing the controversial “wall” on the Rio Grande without federal authorization, EFE reported.

According to Noticias Telemundo, “The government is asking a court to force Texas to remove the nearly 1,000 feet of buoys, which it also considers concerning because of its environmental impact.

The state agency indicates that Texas installed the shackles illegally, without permission from the city of Eagle Pass.

The Justice Department also ordered Texas to “remove other structures in the Rio Grande,” referring to the barbed wire fence and wire fence on the banks to make it difficult for migrants to pass through, the chain deepening.

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See you in court: Abbott to Biden

Before the lawsuit was released, the media reported, Abbot defended his right to put that buoy barrier and was known to have sent a letter to Biden.

If you really care about human life, you should start enforcing federal immigration laws. By doing this, you can help me prevent migrants from risking their lives on the waters of the Rio Grande.

Abbott to Biden

The letter contains a defiant message: “Texas will see you in court, Mr. President.”

Mexico rejects the buoys of the floating wall

The government of Mexico had also spoken out in favor of the controversial Texas floating wall. This, sipse.com reported, called for “the intervention of the Biden presidency, to ensure that the barrier violates international treaties.”

The shackles, barbed wire and discriminatory treatment that migrants at the Texas border receive from their governor is unacceptable and violates the most basic of human rights.

Claudia Sheinbaum, former head of government of Mexico City

The Biden administration is clear on this as it considers the buoy wall to be “a risk to navigation and public safety in the Rio Grande and raises humanitarian concerns”.

Given Abbott’s refusal, everything seems to indicate that the floating wall will be a long-term problem even in court.

To read Abbott’s letter to Biden, here.