A “hold-the-line” operation has created tensions with federal agents who warn it could lead to more drownings. Officers ordered to carry out the measures are raising alarms.
Gov. Greg Abbott said the state will put a 1,000-foot string of buoys in the middle of the Rio Grande to deter migrants from entering the United States.
A tense limbo pervaded both sides of the border on Wednesday as people waited for the end of a policy that has restricted immigration during the pandemic.