Texas installs huge buoys to block migrants from crossing river

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Authorities in the U.S. state of Texas started installing a new floating barrier along the Rio Grande river on Wednesday, July, 12, 2023.  

It's the latest effort by the state's Republican Governor Greg Abbott to secure the border with Mexico.Strings of orange plastic buoys measuring four feet wide will float in the middle of the river, and are expecte