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Nearly 80% of Texas' floating border barrier is technically in Mexico, survey finds (www.cbsnews.com)
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A joint U.S.-Mexico topographical survey found that 787 feet of the 995-feet-long buoy line set up by Texas are in Mexico.

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[-] comedy@kbin.social 91 points 10 months ago

They should. Send Abbott a bill for polluting their waterway too, while they're at it.

[-] venusenvy47@lemm.ee 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Probably the only reason Mexico hasn't already pulled it out is because they don't want to waste money that they know will never be reimbursed to them.

Maybe the US will take it down and bill Texas themselves.

[-] parrot-party@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago

Removing it has to be cheaper than installing it. Bleed Abbott if he wants to play this game.

[-] zackwithak@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Depends how much cheaper I guess. Texas is about 70% richer than Mexico (by GDP)

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I'm sure there are some people in that area who would do it for free if they had the tools.

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