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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Paul J. Weber

Putting a floating barrier in the Rio Grande to stop migrants is new. The idea isn't.

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

In the final months of the Trump administration, a new plan to seal off the United States' southern border started gaining steam: a floating water barrier to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico.

The idea never materialized. But three years later, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has put it into action.

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