Many of the migrants arriving in Maine cities and towns like Portland and Sanford come from Africa by way of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Installation of the buoy border wall ordered by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbot began Friday on the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Once finished, the floating barrier and its attached webbing will cover 1,000 feet in the middle of the Rio Grande.
The floating barrier system, made of four-foot-wide-buoys which can be quickly installed and moved, is meant to deter and impede migrants who attempt to cross into the U.S. by swimming across the Rio Grande, a treacherous way to pass into the country which frequently results in drowning.
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