Even Republicans now are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to cool it with the extra border security.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said nearly a quarter of the vehicles the Department of Public Safety has stopped at the border since last week have been unsafe for Texas roads.
"The Biden Administration's open-border policies have paved the way for dangerous cartels and deadly drugs to pour into the United States, and this crisis will only be made worse by ending Title 42 expulsions," Abbott said last week."With the end of Title 42 expulsions looming next month, Texas will immediately begin taking unprecedented action to do what no state has done in American history to secure our border.
“Your inspection protocol is not stopping illegal immigration,” Miller wrote in his letter."It is stopping food from getting to grocery store shelves and in many cases causing food to rot in trucks – many of which are owned by Texas and other American companies.”At Abbott’s direction last week, state troopers basically started double checking inspections by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The increased inspections have resulted in miles-long lines of truckers at the border.
The White House also weighed in on Wednesday. “Governor Abbott’s unnecessary and redundant inspections of trucks transiting ports of entry between Texas and Mexico are causing significant disruptions to the food and automobile supply chains, delaying manufacturing, impacting jobs, and raising prices for families in Texas and across the country,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a written statement.
At the press conference, Abbott said Texas and Nuevo León have signed an agreement. Under that agreement, law enforcement in Nuevo León will beef up security on their side of the border and the DPS will return to its normal practice of randomly conducting inspections. However, the increased inspections will continue for any vehicles coming from Mexican states that haven't signed on to such an agreement.
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