• AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government reported for the first time Wednesday that a body was spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Gov.

    The department said Mexico had warned about the risks posed by the bright orange, wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande.

    “We made clear our concern about the impact on migrants’ safety and human rights that these state policies would have,” the department said in a statement.

    The buoys are the latest escalation of Texas’ border security operation that also includes razor-wire fencing and arresting migrants on trespassing charges.

    Over the Fourth of July weekend, before the buoys were installed, four people, including an infant, drowned in the river near Eagle Pass.


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  • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOP
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    The Mexican government reported for the first time Wednesday that a body was spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed recently in the Rio Grande, across from Eagle Pass, Texas.

    The barrier was installed in July, and stretches roughly the length of three soccer fields. It is designed to make it more difficult for migrants to climb over or swim under the barrier.

    The U.S. Justice Department is suing Abbott over the floating barrier. The lawsuit filed Monday asks a court to force Texas to remove it. The Biden administration says the barrier raises humanitarian and environmental concerns.

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    Conservatives delight in the suffering and death of vulnerable groups. This has been shown time and time again throughout history. They see kindness and empathy as a weakness or character flaw.

    Conservatives hate the vulnerable and will only celebrate a river of their dead bodies.