FIRST LOOK at wall of buoys installed in river at Texas border

So this is a huge game changer. We want to take away that initial entry point, right? You can't come here and make false asylum claims if you can't get here. And so our intent is to stop anything from crossing this border illegally.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration would begin installing 500 miles worth of buoys in the Rio Grande at the southern border. The Washington Examiner was the only news outlet given access to the river on Tuesday morning as crews began to lay the first buoys into the river. [♪upbeat music playing♪♪.

They sit on a ratchet system, so if someone tries to go over the buoy, the buoy rolls backwards. And so what it does, it prevents them from ever being able to climb up onto the buoy.

And they can still seek asylum at ports of entry, correct?

Absolutely. It's never going to change, right? And you know what, it's also huge for safety because you know where people don't drown? At a port of entry request and asylum. You know, they drown in this river daily because smugglers treat them like cargo and push them across this river and put them in danger. And so, you know, like we've always said, go to a port of entry, request asylum the

legal way, and go through that process. legal way, and go through that process. But what you're not going to do is cross into this country illegally.