To get ahead of this potential surge, Abbott said he would spend Texas taxpayer funds “to do what the Biden administration has failed to do.” That’s more than 500,000 per month, he said. Abbott said after Title 42 is disbanded, he fears an estimated 18,000 undocumented migrants per day will try to cross the Southwest border. Abbott fears the border in his state will “get crushed” with immigrants after Title 42 rollback. soil in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. That’s the public health law put in place by the Trump administration in March 2020 that prevented asylum-seekers from crossing onto U.S. The protests came days after the Biden administration announced that it was revoking Title 42 on May 23. We will continue to closely monitor these unfolding events and work with the proper authorities as necessary,” the statement read.īecause of the protests, Pharr is processing only about one-tenth of the usual 3,000 heavy trucks that cross its border per day. “We are aware of the situation in Mexico that is currently preventing the flow of commerce into the United States. No commercial traffic was making its way north. The city of Pharr, Texas issued a statement Monday afternoon, saying that the Pharr International Bridge was “ready and open for business.” However, Pharr police officers remained at the foot of the bridge blocking all southbound traffic late Monday. Officials warn its closure will have a ripple effect on the supply of fruits and vegetables in this country. It is the number one bridge for imports of produce in the nation. The Pharr International Bridge leading to and from Reynosa, Mexico, normally opens at 6 a.m. We don’t even know what’s going on-they don’t let us know.” “They don’t tell us anything because they ask us to get out,” Lopez added.
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“There’s a lot of traffic because they are blocking the street, you have the labor union and truck drivers impeding traffic,” Sergio Lopez, a truck driver who was able to cross from Juarez to El Paso after hours of waiting, told Border Report, an online news site covering border issues. Customs and Border Protection port facilities. DPS has inspection facilities immediately north of U.S. That was the start of enhanced commercial inspections by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Similar delays were reported last Friday. Some of the delays were nine hours, or longer. Pedestrian and personal vehicle traffic were not affected by this protest, which began Monday when Mexican truck drivers were complaining about long waiting times at the border. That effectively blocked all commercial traffic. Then, in an apparent response to long wait times at the commercial truck lanes at the Ysleta Port of Entry, truck drivers blocked access to the lanes on the Mexican side of the border.ĭrivers were reportedly parking their trucks in the inspection area in the northbound lanes-in Juarez, Mexico-with their trailers blocking the southbound lanes as well. Mexican truckers blocked access to the bridge on Monday to protest increased truck inspections imposed by Abbott. Greg Abbott (R), have blocked two major border crossings in and out of Mexico.įirst affected was the Pharr International Bridge leading to and from Reynosa, Mexico. Mexican truck drivers, irked by new border regulations imposed by Texas Gov.
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