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TEXAS KEEPING MOST TRUCK INSPECTIONS DESPITE BORDER GRIDLOCK

By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADOtoday

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Truckers block the entrance into the Santa Teresa Port of Entry in Ciudad Juarez
going into New Mexico on April 12, 2022. The truckers blocked the port as a
protest to the prolonged processing times implemented by Gov. Abbott which they
say have increased from 2-3 hours up to 14 hours in the last few days. (Omar
Ornelas /The El Paso Times via AP)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday defied intensifying
pressure over his new border policy that has gridlocked trucks entering the U.S.
and shut down some of the world’s busiest trade bridges as the Mexican
government, businesses and even some allies urge him to relent.

The two-term Republican governor, who has ordered that commercial trucks from
Mexico undergo extra inspections as part of a fight with President Joe Biden’s
administration over immigration, refused to fully reverse course as traffic
remains snarled.

The standoff has stoked warnings by trade groups and experts that U.S. grocery
shoppers could soon notice shortages on shelves and higher prices unless the
normal flow of trucks resumes.

Abbott announced Wednesday that he would stop inspections at one bridge in
Laredo after reaching an agreement with the governor of neighboring Nuevo Leon
in Mexico. But some of the most dramatic truck backups and bridge closures have
occurred elsewhere along Texas’ 1,200-mile border.

“I understand the concerns that businesses have trying to move product across
the border,” Abbott said during a visit to Laredo. “But I also know well the
frustration of my fellow Texans and my fellow Americans caused by the Biden
administration not securing our border.”

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Abbott said inbound commercial trucks elsewhere will continue to undergo
thorough inspections by state troopers until leaders of Mexico’s three other
neighboring states reach agreements with Texas over security. He did not spell
out what those measures must entail.

At the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, where more produce crosses than any
other land port in the U.S., truckers protesting Abbott’s order had effectively
shut down the bridge since Monday. But Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection officials said the protests had concluded and commercial
traffic had resumed.

Nuevo Leon Gov. Samuel García joined Abbott in Laredo, where backups on the
Colombia Solidarity Bridge have stretched for three hours or longer. Garcia said
Nuevo Leon would begin checkpoints to assure Abbott they “would not have any
trouble.”

Abbott said he was hopeful other Mexican states would soon follow and said those
states had been in contact with his office. On Tuesday, the governors of
Coahuila and Tamaulipas had sent a letter to Abbott calling the inspections
overzealous.

“This policy will ultimately increase consumer costs in an already record
40-year inflated market — holding the border hostage is not the answer,” the
letter read.

The slowdowns are the fallout of an initiative that Abbott says is needed to
curb human trafficking and the flow of drugs. Abbott ordered the inspections as
part of “unprecedented actions” he promised in response to the Biden
administration winding down a public health law that has limited asylum-seekers
in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

In addition to the inspections, Abbott also said Texas would begin offering
migrants bus rides to Washington, D.C., in a demonstration of frustration with
the Biden administration and Congress. Hours before the news conference in
Laredo, Abbott announced the first bus carrying 24 migrants had arrived in
Washington.

During the last week of March, Border Protection officials said the border
averaged more than 7,100 crossings daily.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki called Abbott’s order “unnecessary and
redundant.” Trucks are inspected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents
upon entering the country, and while Texas troopers have previously done
additional inspections on some vehicles, local officials and business owners say
troopers have never stopped every truck until now.

Cross-border traffic has plummeted to a third of normal levels since the
inspections began, according to Mexico’s government. Mexico is a major supplier
of fresh vegetables to the U.S., and importers say the wait times and rerouting
of trucks to other bridges as far away as Arizona has spoiled some produce
shipments.

The escalating pressure on Abbott, who is up for reelection in November, has
come from his supporters and members of his own party.

The Texas Trucking Association, which has endorsed Abbott, said that the current
situation “cannot be sustained.”

John Esparza, the association’s president, said he agrees with attempts to find
a remedy with Mexico’s governors. But he said if talks take long, congestion
could overwhelm bridges where inspections by Texas are no longer being done.

“The longer that goes, the more the impact is felt across the country,” Esparza
said. “ It is like when a disaster strikes.”

The slowdowns have set off some of widest backlash to date of Abbott’s
multibillion-dollar border operation, which the two-term governor has made the
cornerstone of his administration. Texas has thousands of state troopers and
National Guard members on the border and has converted prisons into jails for
migrants arrested on state trespassing charges.

Critics question how the inspections are meeting Abbott’s objective of stopping
the flow of migrants and drugs. Asked what troopers had turned up in their truck
inspections, Abbott directed the question to the Texas Department of Public
Safety.

As of Monday, the agency said it had inspected more than 3,400 commercial
vehicles and placed more than 800 “out of service” for violations that included
defective brakes, tires and lighting. It made no mention of whether the
inspections turned up migrants or drugs.

____

Associated Press reporters Acacia Coronado. Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, and Mark Stevenson in Mexico City contributed to this report.

___

This story has been corrected to show it’s Customs and Border Protection.

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