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After the success Texas saw during the Biden administration with border buoys on the Rio Grande amid the Biden border crisis, the Department of Homeland Security is expanding the floating wall and adding its own buoys. The move is being praised as even more effective than much of the fencing already in place along the border.
Former Border Patrol agent and FAIR Border Security Advisor Art Del Cueto explained: “The fencing was on U.S. soil, so people were coming to the fencing already on U.S. soil, and now you have to go through the process.”
Essentially, while fencing may have kept some illegal aliens from entering the interior of the U.S., it also enabled the sort of catch-and-release policy that became a hallmark of the Biden administration.
Del Cueto says the buoys could also serve as a key tool to help funnel illegal aliens into areas of the border where the U.S. has the most resources. “I’m not just talking about law enforcement to detain them,” he said. “It’s also your EMTs and medical personnel. You have to make sure they are in the proper places.”
The buoys also help protect illegal aliens by discouraging them from attempting to cross the Rio Grande in places where it could be treacherous.