We discuss Governor Abbott’s harmful tactics at the Rio Grande River in an attempt to deter migrant crossings along the US-Mexico border. The state of Texas has begun deploying a marine floating barrier. Guests: Robbie Florez with the Eagle Pass Border Coalition Adrianna Martinez, a professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Placido Salazar, is a local journalist Michelle Alexander is the author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, an attorney, and civil rights activist

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