Gov. Greg Abbott announced that more buoys were placed along the Texas-Mexico border in an effort to deter illegal immigration. "Despite the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempts to shut down our border security efforts, the buoys are here to stay. We won't back down from our mission to deter & repel illegal immigration," Abbott said in a post on X. This summer, after a long legal back-and-forth, a federal court ruled that Texas could keep its floating buoys in the Rio Grande River to prevent people from crossing the border illegally. Dozens of bright orange, wrecking ball-sized buoys have been deployed to create a water barrier along a stretch of the river where migrants often tried crossing from Mexico. Texas also installed razor wire and steel fencing on the border, while also empowering armed officers to arrest migrants on trespassing charges. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-border-buoys/285-ba7b7a8c-fbab-4e79-8909-d904803d0fab