{"id":1969647,"date":"2023-07-11T13:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-rolls-out-giant-nets-to-stop-migrants-crossing-rio-grande\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T13:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:24:28","slug":"texas-rolls-out-giant-nets-to-stop-migrants-crossing-rio-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-rolls-out-giant-nets-to-stop-migrants-crossing-rio-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas deploys massive nets to halt migrants crossing Rio Grande."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-rolls-out-giant-nets-to-stop-migrants-crossing-rio-grande%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Texas Rolls Out Giant Nets To Stop Migrants Crossing Rio Grande\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/almost-40-of-us-attack-submarines-out-of-commission\" data-post-url id=\"print-1765206\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>EAGLE PASS, TEXAS &#8211; JULY 07:<\/h2>\n<h3>Law enforcement members talk during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-rolls-out-giant-nets-to-stop-migrants-crossing-rio-grande\/\" title=\"Texas deploys massive nets to halt migrants crossing Rio Grande.\">water-based border operation<\/a> on July 07, 2023 in Eagle Pass, Texas.<\/h3>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/via.placeholder.com\/500\" alt=\"Image of law enforcement members\"><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Texas is taking bold measures to secure its borders. The state is installing giant buoys with underwater netting in the Rio Grande to prevent migrants from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-has-a-lot-of-thinking-to-do\/\" title=\"Merrick Garland Has a Lot Of Thinking To Do\">illegally crossing<\/a> into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What these buoys will allow us to do is to prevent people from even getting to the border,&#8221; Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/06\/09\/1181244928\/texas-floating-barrier-rio-grande\">said<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>The first buoys hit the water Monday afternoon, <em>Houston Chronicle<\/em> reporter Jeremy Wallace <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremySWallace\/status\/1678472702468804608\">said<\/a>. A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said setting up the barriers could take up to two weeks, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/buoys-texas-immigration-rio-grande-mexico-522e45febd880de1453460370043a25f\">Associated Press<\/a>. The outlet said the buoys and netting, anchored to the riverbed, will cover 1,000 feet of the river near Eagle Pass, where Border Patrol has seen the second-highest migrant crossing numbers this year.<\/p>\n<p>The new measures come as border states remain overwhelmed by the migrant crisis. More than 4.6 million migrants have been apprehended crossing illegally since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/migrant-detentions-at-border-hit-record-highs-as-title-42-ends\/\">according<\/a> to Reuters, though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-wave-sarah-sanders-becomes-6th-gop-governor-to-send-troops-to-border-this-week\/\" title=\"Sarah Sanders joins 5 other GOP governors in sending troops to the border, creating a Red Wave.\">number includes repeat crossers<\/a>. Border Patrol <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/the-border-just-saw-the-most-illegal-crossings-ever-officials-say-it-could-get-even-worse\/\">reported<\/a> more than 67,000 apprehensions and 15,780 gotaways in one week in May alone. Migrant detentions at the border have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/immigration-title-42-border-crossings-drop-migrants\/\">decreased<\/a> since the pandemic-era Title 42 immigration restriction was lifted on May 11.<\/p>\n<p>Texas governor Greg Abbott (R.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1677398599619977249\">tweeted<\/a> a video of the buoys on Friday, saying the &#8220;new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-deploys-floating-barrier-in-rio-grande-river\/\" title=\"Texas uses floating barrier in Rio Grande River.\">marine barrier installation<\/a> on the Rio Grande begins today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Abbott putting buoys &#038; nets in the middle of the Rio Grande, almost certainly illegal &#038; increases likelihood of drowning in addition to ecological damage,&#8221; said former Democratic congressman and failed presidential and Senate candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke in a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetoORourke\/status\/1678476289542352921\">tweet<\/a>. &#8220;So bad, the idea was even rejected by Trump administration. Now it\u2019s actually happening. Where is Biden administration?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>barriers along the Rio Grande river to discourage illegal border crossings. Law enforcement members discuss the water-based operation in Eagle Pass, Texas. The initiative aims to enhance border security. 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