Texas Governor to Halt Some Truck Inspections on Border Snarl
- Abbott strikes deal for one Mexican state to step up patrols
- Protest by Mexican truckers threatened cross-border shipments
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Texas will halt some vehicle inspections at the U.S.-Mexico border after Governor Greg Abbott’s crackdown provoked protests that halted crucial food and equipment shipments.
Abbott said Wednesday that the state government of Nuevo Leon in northern Mexico agreed to conduct safety inspections before U.S.-bound trucks reach the border. The inspections will continue in other sectors of the U.S.-Mexico line. Abbott said they’re needed because of what he called U.S. President Joe Biden’s failure to repel undocumented migration and drug smuggling.