Mexico’s government said Wednesday that a body was found stuck in a barrier of buoys installed by Texas authorities in the Rio Grande, report Valentine Hilaire and Daina Solomon of Reuters.

"We are concerned about the impact on migrants’ human rights and personal security that [Texas’] policies could have, as they go in the opposite direction to close collaboration," Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Last week Mexican authorities sent two diplomatic letters to the U.S. federal government indicating the barrier "violates a water treaty and may encroach on Mexican territory."

Separately along the border, the Eagle Pass City Council voted to end an agreement allowing Texas state troopers to arrest migrants in a public park as part of the border crackdown promoted by Gov. Greg Abbott (R), reports Benjamin Wermund in the Houston Chronicle.

Shelby Park has been the only public property in the state where troopers are able to arrest migrants. More than 500 migrants were arrested for trespassing in the last month alone.

Mayor Rolando Salinas said the agreement caught the city between the federal and state governments. "The federal government, Congress, needs to get together and make sure they enact immigration reform — the thing that everybody says one million times, that never happens," Salinas said.

Yesterday Jennie and faith leader Bri Stensrud weighed in on a separate Houston Chronicle report that Texas has separated some migrant fathers from their families.

We’re pausing the Daily on Fridays this month, so we’ll be back Monday. Welcome to Thursday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Dan Gordon, the Forum’s strategic communications VP, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Karime Puga, Clara Villatoro and Ashling Lee. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected].

LIMBO — Our hearts are in El Paso, Texas, this morning as the city marks four years since dangerous rhetoric gave rise to the shooting at a Walmart there. Nearly 50 survivors have submitted applications for U visas, for which crime victims are eligible, but only one has been approved, Allie Kelly reports in The Dallas Morning News. Recipients are able to work, but backlogs mean the wait for the visa can be up to 20 years.

TROOP WITHDRAWAL — The Pentagon is withdrawing 1,100 active-duty troops from the U.S.-Mexico border who were deployed when Title 42 ended in May, report Tara Copp and Rebecca Santana of the Associated Press. The troops will conclude their 90-day mission by Aug. 8. An additional 400 soldiers will remain until Aug. 31.

AFGHAN FEMALE PLATOON — Female Tactical Platoon members helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan gather intelligence from women and children. Now they continue to advocate for a long-term immigration solution for them and other Afghan allies, reports Kai McNamee of NPR.

And this week in local welcome:

As resettled Afghan allies in Arizona face challenges because of the uncertainty of their legal status, their communities are advocating for their permanent protection, as Mars Adema writes in an Arizona Republic op-ed.

In Northen Virginia, Afghan refugees are forming an Afghan-owned sheep farming operation with support from Virginia Cooperative Extension agents. (Marya Barlow, Virginia Tech News)

‘THE RIGHT THING TO DO’ — Religious communities in Sacramento, California, have united to assist migrants who were left stranded without resources after being flown to the city by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Jason DeRose of NPR reports. The effort is multifaith. "I know we're trying not to be drawn on the politics," said Matthew Woodward, dean of Trinity Cathedral. "[B]ut if caring for your neighbor is a political act, then it's a political act. And it's still the right thing to do."

Thanks for reading,

Dan