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Texas Gov. Abbott is seeking to install more buoy barriers across the state's border with Mexico

Buoys along the Rio Grande

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is seeking to install more buoy barriers along the state's border with Mexico to expand its deterring methods, as he claims they are among the most effective of many such initiatives.

Abbott said the decision has been made, but that his administration is waiting for a court to provide legal backing for the effort. "(We are waiting) on a final decision from the court that has to enforce what the Fifth Circuit already told them to enforce before making that investment," the governor told NewsNation. He added that the cost is "one-tenth" of a border wall's.

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