Overview
- CBP released video showing anchored river buoys going into the Rio Grande as the U.S. Embassy in Mexico urged migrants to turn back or face detention and removal.
- Border Patrol chief Michael Banks says the floating cylinders exceed 14 feet in length and are deeply anchored to prevent swimming underneath or climbing over them.
- The system includes alert devices designed to notify agents if someone breaches the buoy line.
- Press reports cite a planned coverage of roughly 535 miles with placement beginning last Tuesday and including sectors such as Brownsville, according to the Washington Examiner.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the project is financed through congressional funds under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and follows a model previously used by Texas.