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The Floating Barrier and the Border Industrial Complex

The Texas water wall gives a glimpse into rapidly proliferating border enforcement worldwide and the significant profit to be made from it.

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Todd Miller
Aug 17, 2023
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The floating barrier in Eagle Pass/Piedras Negras patrolled by the U.S. Border Patrol (Photo by David Peinado Romero via Getty Images)

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When I first came across Cochrane International, the company that built the floating barrier deployed in Eagle Pass, Texas, I watched a demonstration the company gave with detached bemusement. I was at a gun range just ou…

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