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Daily Infographic: Mexico OKs another state to export avocados to the US
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News Alert: US, Mexico, Canada border closures extend another month
The U.S. land borders with Mexico and Canada will remain closed for nonessential travel until at least Dec. 21, after the three countries agreed to extend the restrictions as COVID-19 surges.
Officials announced the border closure extension on Thursday. Trucks will continue to move freely across the borders, as the movement of essential goods remains exempt from the restrictions.
The borders have been closed for nonessential travel since March to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The extension was...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/news-alert-us-mexico-canada-border-closures-extend-another-month
Freight trains remain mode of transport for illegal entry to US
In this year’s best-selling novel “American Dirt,” men, women and children risk injury or death to climb aboard moving freight trains in an attempt to illegally cross into the United States.
U.S. railroads say real-life cases of smuggling or trespassing on freight rail networks near the U.S.-Mexico border continue.
Last Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) notified Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) that a group of individuals was attempting to climb a moving train, with some individuals...
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US border closures with Mexico, Canada extended through Sept. 21
The closures of the U.S. land borders with Mexico and Canada for non-essential travel have been extended another month to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The land borders will remain closed through September 21, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced in a tweet on Friday morning.
The U.S. land borders have been closed to non-essential travel since March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trucks have continued to move freight relatively freely across the Mexican and Canadian...
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Individual captured after severing foot trying to board moving train in Texas
The U.S. Border Patrol says it has apprehended an individual whose foot was partially severed while the person attempted to board a moving train between Freer and San Diego, Texas.
Agents couldn’t reach the individual until the train stopped in San Diego. Once there, agents rendered aid to the person, whom the Border Patrol described only as a Mexican citizen in the U.S. illegally, according to a Thursday release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The agents took the person to...
CBP finds 48 alleged stowaways in BNSF, UP trains at border
Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently apprehended 48 people who allegedly sought to cross the U.S. border illegally from Mexico as stowaways on auto hauler rail cars operated by BNSF (NYSE: BRK) and Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP).
The incidents occurred between last Thursday and Saturday at the El Paso, Texas, port of entry.
In one incident on Thursday, CBP officers processing a northbound train at a Union Pacific (UP) rail crossing discovered 13 alleged stowaways in an auto...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cbp-finds-48-alleged-stowaways-in-bnsf-up-trains-at-border