This river is international territory, and when a crew visited the installation site on Tuesday, the barriers seemed to be placed directly in the middle of the Rio Grande.
Migrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico approach the site where workers are assembling large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Tuesday, July 11, 2023.
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