Texas Governor Greg Abbott wants floating buoys put in the Rio Grande to deter migrants from crossing into the US. Migrant advocates denounced the plan, and Mexico said the barriers could breach bilateral treaties.
Mexico said Friday it has complained to the United States government over the deployment of floating barriers by the US state of Texas on the Rio Grande River.
The Rio Grande is 1,896 miles (3,051 kilometers) long, running from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico and is the effective US-Mexican border through most of Texas.
Every day, hundreds of migrants attempt to cross the river to try to enter the United States. In response, Texas has begun a multibillion-dollar effort to shore up border security, which includes erecting buoys and barbed wire in the river.