Four people have already been killed by the buoys. They can trap people under water, force migrants to deeper channels, or hinder river rescues.
Elon Musk, an immigrant from South Africa during the Apartheid era, visited the U.S. – Mexico border in the Texas town of Eagle Pass on September 29 while wearing a backward Stetson hat. The richest man in the world wasn’t there to help the needy migrants who had come to U.S. border guards for processing. He rather created a four-minute lived video in which he referred to the town as” a Breaking Bad situation” and spitballed boilerplate immigration strategies for an nation that hasn’t been able to plan and implement comprehensive immigration reform since 1986. &# 13,
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Musk’s visit came after a district judge on September 6 ruled in favor of the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the June-placed line of nautical buoys in the Rio Grande by the State of Texas. The buoys had to be taken down by September 15 according to the judge. However, the victory for frequent sense was fleeting because the removal has been postponed indefinitely as a result of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s appeal to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court. &# 13,
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Although they appear harmless, the buoys are truly a 1, 000-foot line of connected, ball-sized floats that spin when touched. With concrete blocks and sheets of metal steel mesh, they are fastened to the riverbed. They have the ability to trap people under, drag migrants and asylum seekers into deeper channels, and impede river rescue efforts. Now, four people have perished as a result of the buoys. The marine barrier must be removed right away because it was designed to be fatal, and such practices should not be permitted afterwards. &# 13,
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Nearby, regional, and global media outlets all published pictures of the buoys. Some of them featured migrants carrying bulky backpacks and walking in wet clothes in waist-high riverbeds. Another showed a mother holding her child’s hand, and another showed families trudging along in groups with toddlers on their shoulders and their kids’ thin arms wrapped around their neck. &# 13,
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The harmful space between the concertina wire and the orange buoys is traversed by migrants who have crossed the Rio Bravo to Rio Grande. These pictures are intended to be seen in order to show how cruel a border with weapons is. The burning of crosses, lynchings, and the marking of boundaries with bodies are just a few examples of the amazing violence that has long been practiced in the United States. The buoys have then embraced this custom. &# 13,
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Abbott and another border alarmists argued that these types of crossing obstructions are required. But it’s obvious that these have always been effective deterrents. In fact, from May to June of this year, there was a 42 percent decline in the number of illicit crossings at the U.S. border with Mexico, according to United States Customs and Border Patrol. The installation of the buoys came before this decrease. Those who are concerned with” unlawful” entry should be aware that the buoys represented an unlawful crossing. &# 13,
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Abbott late gathered supporters close to the Eagle Pass buoys to celebrate the success of the cruelty that has claimed the lives of at least two people and injured many others. Republican governor of Nebraska, Jim Pillen, said,” They ] Abbott’s policies ] don’t cause a Band-Aid, and if they do, I say, What the heck?” while standing at the scene of dozens of children being injured and the miscarrying young mother while ensnared in the concertina wire. Stay by the river’s edge. &# 13,
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It is obvious that Abbott is still boldly promoting a violent and ineffectual policy. The governor is unfazed, but we shouldn’t be either. These technologies of terror, which are intended to inflict pain and death, must be eliminated quickly and forever. The concertina wire must even come down after the buoys. &# 13,
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The Tribune News Service distributed this column, which was written for Progressive Perspectives, a publication of The Progressive magazine. &# 13, The buoys, which can trap people under, force migrants into deeper channels, and impede river rescue efforts, have already claimed the lives of four people.
Four people have already been killed by the buoys. They can trap people under water, force migrants to deeper channels, or hinder river rescues.
On September 29th, Elon Musk, who originally is from South Africa during the Apartheid period, donned a dome-down Stetson hat and toured the line separating the United States and Mexico at the Texas town of Eagle Pass. The wealthiest individual on the planet had not come to help the desperate migrants who had gone to American border guards to be dealt with. Rather than make a speech, he created a four minute live video where he referred to the township as “a Breaking Bad situation” and proposed generic immigration plans for the nation, which has been ineffective in enacting comprehensive immigration reforms since 1986. Following a September 6 trial judgement favoring the United States Department of Justice concerning marine buoys placed down in the Rio Grande by Texas during June, Elon Musk made a visit. The judge stated that the buoys must be taken away before September 15. However, the pleasure of rationality was transient due to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request to the federal 5th Circuit Court causing the postponement of the removal to be prolonged. The buoys might appear harmless, but they are actually made up of a thousand feet of connected floats which resemble wrecking balls if they are grabbed and spin. They are anchored to the bottom of the river with sheets of stainless steel mesh and solidified cement.
