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happening, mexico s top diplomat will meet with antony blinken to discuss the southern border and much of it has to do with the buoys on the rio grande river to deter migrants from swimming across. mexico upons them removed. texas maintains it has the authority to install the buoys even with legal challenges from the u.s. justice department. joaquin castro of texas led a delegation to eagle pass where they got a look at those buoys and he joins us now. thank you very much for being with us. so describe what you saw. well, the buoys themselves which are barrel traps are death traps. a dead body was stuck to them
governor, greg abbott, calling it dangerous and ununlawful, the new buoys. what do you make of it? , ~ , the new buoys. what do you make ofit?, ., , ., of it? greg abbott have put out death traps. of it? greg abbott have put out death traps, razor of it? greg abbott have put out death traps, razor wire - of it? greg abbott have put out death traps, razor wire along . death traps, razor wire along the banks of the river, placed in the river so it becomes invisible to asylum seekers who then get caught up in it. he also put out these barrel traps with wiring and netting so that people get caught in them. and then he s ordered his state troopers not to help people who are in the water, and to push them back towards mexico. so there was a case of a four year old girl passing out in the water, and was pushed back by the troopers, towards mexico, and the rio grande. they have refused to give water to migrants trekking through 105, 110 degree weather in deep south texas. those are barbari
grande river the modern despite a sweltering heat. he also detailed how migrants were left bloodied from the razor wire barriers. texas dps said an internal investigation is underway. deny the engine joining us now, texas representative joaquin castro. congressman, you told reporters earlier this week the governor abbott, quote, set death traps in the rio grande. tell me what you mean. well, the governor started by placing razor wire in the rio grande and they placed some of it in such a way that when the water rises it becomes invisible to the migrants in other words people can t see it because it s under the water and so they run up against it and then he followed that up by putting these barrel traps and it s not just these buoys or barrels they ve got this netting there is a wire netting underneath them which can trap people. when people come up against it
and continued with these barrel traps. taking together the rays rail traps are death traps for migrants, but an insider, dps troopers revealed recently that not only do they set up those death traps, but troopers were instructed to push people back into the water, and there s a case of a four-year-old girl who passed out, and it looks like was still pushed into the water towards mexico. another woman who got stuck in the razor wire and had a miscarriage, somebody else broke their leg and was struggling to survive. this is heinous behavior, and governor abbott has encouraged this through his policies. so, we are asking president biden step in and stop governor abbott from what he is doing. i will put on the screen for people, there was a joint statement issued by the governor on this issue. they are denying they gave any orders of any kind, and instead say they are prepared to detect