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submitted 1 year ago by livus@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

A joint U.S.-Mexico topographical survey found that 787 feet of the 995-feet-long buoy line set up by Texas are in Mexico.

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[-] Neato@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

and the state has refuted claims it violated federal law and international treaties when it set up the floating barriers without permission from the Biden administration or Mexico. (Article continues)

That's the clincher. States are 100% not allowed to treat internationally or make policies regarding other countries.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

Building a fence has nothing to do with that. If Texas had setup a federal border crossing, that would be illegal. If Texas had that fence constructed in such a way that a federal border crossing were blocked off, that would be illegal. A natural land border augmented with a fence isn't an international incident and you don't need permission from the federal government to do that.

[-] SterlingVapor@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 year ago

You sure as hell do when you put 80% of it outside your borders, outside US borders no less

This kind of thing could spark a war in different circumstances - imagine the Mexican army goes to dismantle the buoys in their borders, and one of several possible groups from Texas confronts them and it leads to a skirmish

Mexico would be entirely within their rights - it's on their property and it's suspected to be leading to deaths

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