The deaths of two people near a floating barrier installed by Texas officials on the Rio Grande will do nothing to stop people attempting to make the illegal crossing into the US, according to migrants and activists along the border.
The buoys and razor wire installed along the river on the orders of the Texas governor, Greg Abbott, have “done nothing to stop migration”, said Sister Isabel Turcios, director of the Frontera Digna migrant shelter across the river in Piedras Negras, Mexico.
