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‘Take Our Border Back’ convoy ends with rallies in 3 states

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Several hundred people gathered in three border states Saturday to call for stricter immigration...

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4 things to know about the ‘Take Our Border Back Convoy’ heading to Mexico border

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Amid a border standoff between the Biden administration and Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a...

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Texas DPS ends truck safety inspections after $1.9B impact

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott may have stopped state-run truck safety inspections at the Mexican border, but business leaders said it could be weeks before cross-border traffic patterns return to normal.

“We hope that in the next three weeks, if we continue without setbacks, there will be good progress in the usual exports, as well as exports that have been waiting,” Manuel Sotelo, vice president of the Juarez chapter of Mexico’s National Chamber of Freight Transport (Canacar), said at a Tuesday news...

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Texas resumes cargo truck inspections at Laredo port of entry

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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) began safety inspections Thursday for all commercial...

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Mexican president blames Texas-run border inspections for delays

Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blamed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border safety inspections for jamming up international trade, leaving at least 19,000 trucks loaded with $1.9 billion of goods stuck waiting in Mexico.

Lopez Obrador has sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. government over Texas-run commercial truck safety inspections that have caused major disruptions to cross-border trade since Sept. 20.

“There is a very hostile attitude on the part of the governor of Texas. … [T]hey...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mexican-president-blames-texas-run-border-inspections-for-delays

Texas expands truck inspections as death toll rises in migrant smuggling case

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he is setting up new state-run checkpoints to inspect trucks for human-trafficking operations in response to the deaths of 53 migrants inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio this week.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) “will create and implement a checkpoint strategy beginning immediately where they will begin targeting trucks like the one that was used where these people perished,” Abbott said during a news conference Wednesday in the border city of...

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$240M in produce losses blamed on truck delays at US-Mexico border

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s increased inspections of trucks created hourslong wait times for commercial traffic at key U.S.-Mexico border crossings and resulted in hundreds of millions in lost revenue because of spoiled produce, trade experts said.

Abbott ended his policy of increased inspections of commercial trucks arriving from Mexico on Friday after reaching migrant border security agreements with governors of nearby Mexican states.

About $9 billion of fresh produce crosses the Texas border from...

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Truck drivers from Mexico end blockade of Texas bridges

Two Texas border bridges have resumed operations Wednesday after commercial traffic was temporarily stopped by truck drivers protesting added inspections of trucks entering from Mexico.

Mexico-based drivers ceased their blockades on the Mexican side of both the Ysleta-Zaragoza Bridge in El Paso and the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, which connects the Mexican city of Reynosa to Pharr, Texas.

The blockades began as a protest against long waits at the bridges due to additional inspections by...

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Texas border bridges blocked as truckers protest inspections

Truck drivers have blocked two key border crossings in Texas to protest Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to implement state-run checkpoints to inspect northbound commercial vehicles arriving from Mexico.

Protests began Monday on the Mexican side of both the Ysleta/Zaragoza Bridge in El Paso and the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, which connects the Mexican city of Reynosa to Pharr, Texas.

“There is no commercial traffic flow at the Ysleta/Zaragoza facility [Tuesday] morning because of the blockade...

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Texas vehicle checkpoints slow trucks from Mexico

Commercial truck trade with Mexico has slowed after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s increased border security measures aimed at stopping large numbers of migrants crossing into the state illegally were implemented Wednesday, officials said.

Northbound commercial trucks arriving into the U.S. from Mexico have been slowed at two key Texas border crossings: the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge in Laredo.

Both crossings have seen long lines for trucks because of...

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