Abbott’s border buoys scheme pays off after nearly sinking under Biden

Published March 8, 2025 6:00am ET



EAGLE PASS, Texas — The water buoys that Texas installed at the Mexico border, once a major legal headache for the Biden administration, could soon be a welcome gift to the Trump administration.

The state government of Texas is in the process of shifting control of a line of buoys that divide the United States and Mexico in the Rio Grande to be under federal control by the Trump administration.

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