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Texas is building its own border infrastructure from concertina wire to a 'forward operating base' here in Eagle Pass.
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Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
Fewer gaps in the primary border wall there mean more children are hauled over it or smuggled under it, despite concertina wire.
—Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Officials say guard members have been placing concertina wire in an area close to Sunland Park, New Mexico, which shares a border with El Paso, Texas.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
They were headed, about 150 of them, for the demilitarized zone: the narrow buffer strip between North and South Korea that is heavily guarded by concertina wire and rifle-toting soldiers.
—Mark E. Potts, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Firefighters have treated lacerations and open wounds from people trying to crawl through the concertina wire, Kypuros said.
—Morgan Chesky, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
Texas has also added a number of physical barriers along the border, including a string of large orange buoys and concertina wire along the Rio Grande.
—Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
The community is also the site of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's controversial buoy barrier in the Rio Grande and one of many spots along the border where the Texas National Guard has deployed reams of concertina wire on the river banks.
—USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
In January, the Supreme Court upheld federal authorities’ right to remove concertina wire that interferes with Border Patrol operations.
—Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
Fewer gaps in the primary border wall there mean more children are hauled over it or smuggled under it, despite concertina wire.
—Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Officials say guard members have been placing concertina wire in an area close to Sunland Park, New Mexico, which shares a border with El Paso, Texas.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
They were headed, about 150 of them, for the demilitarized zone: the narrow buffer strip between North and South Korea that is heavily guarded by concertina wire and rifle-toting soldiers.
—Mark E. Potts, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Firefighters have treated lacerations and open wounds from people trying to crawl through the concertina wire, Kypuros said.
—Morgan Chesky, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
Texas has also added a number of physical barriers along the border, including a string of large orange buoys and concertina wire along the Rio Grande.
—Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
The community is also the site of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's controversial buoy barrier in the Rio Grande and one of many spots along the border where the Texas National Guard has deployed reams of concertina wire on the river banks.
—USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
In January, the Supreme Court upheld federal authorities’ right to remove concertina wire that interferes with Border Patrol operations.
—Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Concertina wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concertina%20wire. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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