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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Noem fast-tracks construction for water barriers in Texas along Rio Grande to keep migrants from crossing into US

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has fast-tracked construction for about 17 miles worth of floating border barriers in the Rio Grande River in Texas, expanding the rapidly growing Trump administration footprint on the US-Mexico border.

Noem signed a waiver bypassing environmental laws so about 17 miles of “waterborne barrier” technology could be built in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday.

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