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Nearly 80% of Texas' floating border barrier is technically in Mexico, survey finds (www.cbsnews.com)

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A joint U.S.-Mexico topographical survey found that 787 feet of the 995-feet-long buoy line set up by Texas are in Mexico.

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[–] CurlyMoustache 14 points 1 year ago

Totally nothing to do with the Rio Grande-case, but I find it interesting seeing how borders are drawn when time goes on. Look at the original 13 states in the US. Lines are squiggly, and made with care after the terrain. Then, some time has passed, and the US started to grow eastwards. Then the borders were made quickly with rulers.

You see the same in Australia. NSW and Victoria is a bit squiggly for a while, but then the colonisers said "hand me the fucking ruler, cunt!"