Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico stroll previous giant buoys being deployed as a border barrier on the river in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday.

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Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico stroll previous giant buoys being deployed as a border barrier on the river in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday.

Eric Gay/AP

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s prime diplomat stated Friday her nation has despatched a diplomatic notice to the U.S. authorities expressing concern that Texas’ deployment of floating barriers on the Rio Grande might violate 1944 and 1970 treaties on boundaries and water.

Foreign Relations Secretary Alicia Bárcena stated Mexico will ship an inspection workforce to the Rio Grande to see whether or not any of the barrier extends into Mexico’s aspect of the border river.

She additionally complained about U.S. efforts to place up barbed wire on a low-lying island within the river close to Eagle Pass, Texas.

Bárcena stated that if the buoys impede the movement of water, it could violate the treaties, which requires the river stay unobstructed. Mexico has already requested that the boundaries be eliminated.

Texas started rolling out the brand new floating barrier on the Rio Grande in early July. It is a part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar effort to safe the U.S. border with Mexico, which already has included busing migrants to liberal states and authorizing the National Guard to make arrests.

Migrant advocates have voiced considerations about drowning dangers from the buoys and environmentalists questioned the influence on the river.

Once put in, the above-river components of the system and the webbing they’re linked with will cowl 1,000 toes of the center of the Rio Grande, with anchors within the riverbed.