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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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[โ€“] parrot-party@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] zackwithak@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

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