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Drifting anti-immigrant buoys in Rio Grande temporarily close two bridges with Mexico

Rio Grande levels began rising Thursday and are expected to crest at moderate flood stage Friday night.

About 100 buoys that the federal government planned to install as anti-immigration deterrents near Eagle Pass drifted into the Rio Grande, prompting officials to close two key bridges along the U.S.-Mexico border for about three hours, reopening them just after midnight Friday. Eagle Pass shut down transit at the bridges while it worked to determine […]

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