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Nearly 80% of Texas' floating border barrier is technically in Mexico, survey finds (www.cbsnews.com)

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A joint U.S.-Mexico topographical survey found that 787 feet of the 995-feet-long buoy line set up by Texas are in Mexico.

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[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If the barrier is still floating, there aren't any gang members or ne'er-do-wells even attempting to cross it. If there were, the silly thing would be on the bottom of the river with bullet holes in it.