Texas Governor Further Relaxes Controversial Border Measures

Texas Governor Greg Abbott pledged to halt safety inspections of Mexican trucks along a second stretch of the international border.

Abbott announced an agreement with the Mexican state of Chihuahua late Thursday that will see enforcement heightened on the southern side of the border. Since Abbott ordered state troopers to commence inspections last week, massive traffic snarls and a protest by Mexican truck drivers choked off much of the flow of goods across a border that typically sees more than $400 billion in annual trade.