Port of Eagle Pass

Borderlands Mexico: Port of Eagle Pass, Texas, fastest-growing border crossing in the U.S.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Port of Eagle Pass, Texas, fastest-growing border crossing in the U.S.; Port of Brownsville snags Westa flour mill; Siete Leguas Automotive opens $54M factory in Durango, Mexico; and CBP intercepts $18M worth of meth in shipment of squash.

Port of Eagle Pass, Texas, fastest-growing border crossing in the U.S.

EAGLE PASS, Texas — One U.S.-Mexico border crossing has...

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CBP reopens 4 Southwest ports of entry after weekslong closures 

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection resumed full commercial operations Thursday at an international...

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CBP reopens key ports of entry for freight trains at US-Mexico border

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection reopened the three international border bridges at Eagle Pass and...

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UP to customers: Urge Congress to help reopen US-Mexico rail crossings

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Union Pacific wants customers to urge Congress to pressure U.S. border officials to provide a...

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CBP halts freight rail operations at 2 Texas ports of entry

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday suspended freight rail operations at three border...

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US, Mexican trade officials ask Texas governor to end truck inspections

Trade officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border want Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to end state-run cargo truck inspections that are creating wait times of over five hours in El Paso and Eagle Pass.

Trade across the U.S.-Mexican border has slowed over the past two weeks as U.S. authorities have shifted customs personnel to immigration duty and shut down some crossing lanes at ports of entry amid an increase in migrants.

Border officials said while the migrant influx has had an impact on...

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South Texas port of entry set to reopen as migrant camp cleared

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said a South Texas port of entry could reopen as soon as Saturday, after being forced to close because of a migrant surge that disrupted operations.

The Port of Del Rio has been closed since Sept. 17 after migrants had converged on the temporary camp site under the Del Río-Ciudad Acuña International Bridge.

CBP has been diverting both commercial and passenger traffic from Del Rio to the Eagle Pass port of entry, about 57 miles east.

“[Homeland Security...

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