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Texas Begins Removing Rio Grande Island Officials Say Is Used to Hide and Smuggle Migrants into U.S. (www.latintimes.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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In addition to providing habitat for endemic plant and animal species along the U.S. Mexico border, the islands carry historical and cultural significance. For the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, they are sites where sacred ceremonies and rituals have taken place.

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[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 15 points 2 hours ago

Who thought up removing an island to distract from the Epstien Files was a good idea?

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 31 points 3 hours ago

I thought the title was poorly worded but no, they are "removing" a fucking island.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 22 points 3 hours ago

The doesn't solve the underlying issue. They should remove Texas from the border and place it somewhere in the middle of the ocean.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 23 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Ingenious approach to solving problems! From now on, whenever there's a bug in my code, I'll just delete it. Can't have bugs if you haven't got any code. Taps head.

[–] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

"If you have a bug in your computer code, then you need to take the computer apart and clean it." -These fucking boomers

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I mean thats literally where the term comes from. They even had a "debugger" that used a brush to get the bugs out of the relais

[–] aarch0x40@piefed.social 26 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What an absolute waste of taxpayer dollars.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 minutes ago

This is where you think tax payers dollars are being wasted.