Texas Governor Greg Abbott Plans to Increase Number of Buoy Border Barriers in Rio Grande

Is the Texas state government finally starting to get serious about stopping mass migration?

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has plans to increase the number of buoy barriers across the Rio Grande in order to halt illegal alien invaders when they attempt to cross  the southern border. However, he is waiting for a court to confirm the state’s right to employ the use of these barriers.

In an interview with NewsNation, Abbott argued that buoys are one of the most effective methods for preventing migrants from attempting to cross from Mexico into Texas. He continued by noting that the cost of the buoy barriers is 1/10 of that of a border wall. 

“You can expect to see an increase of the buoys in the Rio Grande River,” Abbott stated, but also highlighted that he is 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.” 

In July, the appeals court for the 5th U.S. Circuit overturned a prior decision by a divided panel of the court that took the side of a federal district judge, who ruled that the buoys have to be moved under a preliminary injunction. 

The full bench ruled that the court overstepped its discretion by issuing the injunction.

The broader lawsuit is still being litigated, where the Biden regime is accusing the Texas state government of violating the federal Rivers and Harbor Act. The court will ultimately rule on the merits of the federal government’s claims. 

In 2023, the Texas state government  spent $850,000 on a 1,000-foot-long barrier of buoys that were set to be anchored in concrete across the Rio Grande, in waterways between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico. 

The Justice Department had called on a federal court to order the Texas state government to take down the buoys, declaring that the water barrier allegedly raises humanitarian and environmental concerns along the international boundary, which kicked off a legal scuffle between state and federal officials. 

The buoys were erected as part of Abbott’s border enforcement program Operation Lone Star. Over the last few years, Abbott has nominally taken a stand against mass migration because of how derelict the federal government has become on immigration. 

This is a good first step. At some point, Texas will need to build its parallel border security apparatus and get other red states to help out with this matter. In an ideal world, we would have a right-wing nationalist government that would be imposing immigration restriction measures. 

Sadly, we don’t enjoy that luxury at the moment, so red states will have to improvise by passing their own measures.