EAGLE PASS, Texas — On the first day of a new federal administration, Texas officials began expanding the line of buoys in the Rio ... river scientist who has been studying the original barrier ...

The barrier in question is a 1,000-foot-long line of orange buoys, which are tied together with metal cables and anchored to the bottom of the river with ... on the Rio Grande, the man-made ...

The Rio Grande and the rugged terrain around the river serve as a natural barrier. In between, there’s an assortment of fences with different shapes, sizes and materials. These fences do not all ...

Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-floating-barrier-in-the-rio-grande-can-stay-for-now-appeals-court-says/ The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on ...

In one of his executive orders on his first day back in the Oval Office, Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the US-Mexico border.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville professor Adriana Martinez, left, and third-year student Emma Prott, right, have been studying the effects of the buoys placed in the Rio Grande by Texas ...

Greg Abbott for installing a floating buoy barrier on the Rio Grande without federal authorization. Photo: Suzanne Cordeiro/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ...