Sylvia Garcia, a Democrat, said the materials 'are meant to inflect physical harm to asylum seekers.'
Garcia, a Democrat representing Texas' 29th congressional district, visited Eagle Pass earlier this month to see the floating barrier installed in the Rio Grande.on social media showed circular blades in-between the wrecking ball-sized buoys of the barrier.
"I was able to witness firsthand Governor Abbott's cruel and inhumane anti-immigrant measures at the Texas border," Garcia said in a statement to"On my trip to Eagle Pass, I learned that the razor wire in the Rio Grande is causing life-threatening injuries to migrants, straining local medical resources and forcing Eagle Pass residents to wait hours for emergency care."
Migrants walk after crossing the Grand River into the United States in Eagle Pass, Texas as seen from Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico on August 4, 2023.She added:"These circular saws are meant to inflict physical harm to asylum seekers. This material was designed for war, not to help process asylum seekers at the border."
Earlier this month, Mexican authorities said two bodies had been recovered from the river, including one that was caught in the floating barrier. that most of the barrier is on its side of the Rio Grande, and said it violates treaties regarding the use of the river and Mexico's sovereignty.
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