{"id":2014392,"date":"2023-08-28T15:12:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buoys-at-texas-border-have-led-to-decrease-in-immigrant-drownings-lt-gov-dan-patrick\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:13:41","slug":"buoys-at-texas-border-have-led-to-decrease-in-immigrant-drownings-lt-gov-dan-patrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buoys-at-texas-border-have-led-to-decrease-in-immigrant-drownings-lt-gov-dan-patrick\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas border buoys reduce immigrant drownings: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fbuoys-at-texas-border-have-led-to-decrease-in-immigrant-drownings-lt-gov-dan-patrick%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=2014392&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--><h2>AUSTIN, \u200dTexas \u2014 Lt. \u200dGov. Dan \u2064Patrick: Texas&#8217;s Border Water Buoys Save Lives<\/h2>\n<p>Lt. Gov. Dan\u2063 Patrick made a bold claim on Monday, stating that Texas&#8217;s \u200bborder water \u200cbuoys have\u200b led to\u2064 a significant decrease\u200b in drowning-related deaths among immigrants.\u2062 Despite \u200dclaims from Democrats that these \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buoys-at-texas-border-have-led-to-decrease-in-immigrant-drownings-lt-gov-dan-patrick\/\" title=\"Texas border buoys reduce immigrant drownings: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.\">buoys pose humanitarian risks<\/a>, Patrick \u2064defended their installation and accused \u200bPresident Joe Biden of being &#8220;coldhearted&#8221; and a &#8220;total socialist Marxist&#8221; in his handling of the\u2062 immigration crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This \u200cis one coldhearted \u200cpresident. He doesn&#8217;t care, you know. They don&#8217;t like \u2063the buoys we put \u2064in the water. Guess what? We put them in to save people from drowning. Drownings are down,&#8221; Patrick said during an interview on Fox and Friends on Monday. &#8220;This president doesn&#8217;t care about anyone \u2014 total socialist\u2063 Marxist. They\u2063 say they care\u200b about everyone, but they care about no one. They \u2062don&#8217;t care if people die to achieve their political purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Patrick&#8217;s claims\u200b are bold, Gov. Greg Abbott&#8217;s office has \u200cnot yet provided data to support them. The buoys were\u2064 installed in early\u2062 July, \u2064and\u2062 Patrick was comparing drowning numbers \u2062before and after their installation. The Biden administration requested the removal of\u2062 the buoys, but Abbott refused and vowed to fight the decision in court.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department sued Abbott, alleging that the buoys violated the Rivers and Harbors Act. The\u200b DOJ also claimed that Texas&#8217;s actions had caused harm\u2064 to foreign \u2062relations with\u200d Mexico and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-suddenly-realizes-migrant-crisis-is-a-crisis-asks-federal-govt-for-help\/\" title=\"DC Suddenly Realizes Migrant Crisis Is a Crisis, Asks Federal Govt for Help\">raised humanitarian concerns<\/a>. Rep. Joaquin Castro has\u200c been vocal in\u200c calling for the removal of the\u2062 buoys, referring to\u2064 them as\u200b &#8220;barrel \u2064traps&#8221; with &#8220;chainsaw devices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amidst the\u200c controversy, a\u200b Texas Department of\u200b Public Safety\u200b trooper\u2063 filed a complaint, stating that the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/insurrection-latino-group-headed-by-former-dnc-member-writes-biden-attacks-gop-governors-sending-help-to-border\/\" title=\"\u2018Insurrection\u2019: Latino Group Headed By Former DNC Member Writes Biden, Attacks GOP Governors Sending Help To Border\">border security efforts<\/a> had become \u200cinhumane. The inspector general for the state&#8217;s DPS has\u200d launched an investigation into these allegations, including reports \u200bof\u2062 deaths among immigrants attempting to cross the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans from Texas have supported Abbott&#8217;s stance and blamed President Biden for the influx of noncitizens attempting to enter the U.S. without permission. They argue that the\u2063 federal\u200d government has failed to secure the \u200bborder, forcing Texas to take action.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2062the debate\u2062 continues, it remains to be seen how \u200cthe issue of Texas&#8217;s border water buoys will be resolved. The conflicting\u2063 claims and concerns highlight\u2064 the complex nature of immigration policy and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-opensea-managers-trial-kicks-off-in-first-nft-insider-trading-case\/\" title=\"Former OpenSea manager faces trial in groundbreaking NFT insider trading case. Get ready for the legal drama!\">ongoing challenges faced<\/a> by border states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick defended the border water buoys, stating they have reduced immigrant drowning deaths, countering Democratic concerns. He criticized President Biden, labeling his approach to the influx of illegal noncitizens as &#8220;coldhearted&#8221; and &#8220;total socialist Marxist.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2014393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}