Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is launching new state-run checkpoints to inspect trucks for human-trafficking operations.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ended his border policy of second inspections of commercial trucks crossing from Mexico on Friday, but experts said it already caused supply chain problems.
Commercial traffic has resumed at two Texas border bridges after being temporarily halted by truck drivers protesting added inspections of trucks entering from Mexico.
Trade is being disrupted at two Texas border bridges as truckers protest wait times of up to 15 hours to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Commercial truck trade with Mexico has slowed after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s increased border security measures were implemented Wednesday.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new border plan Wednesday to inspect all commercial vehicles at the border for undocumented migrants.
Texas is using repurposed shipping containers as part of its $750 million border wall with Mexico.
Truck drivers traveling in Texas will have to don face masks in public as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s new COVID-19 mandate, issued on July 2.
The United States is sending an additional deployment of 1,100 active-duty troops and 1,000 Texas National Guard soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border, Pentagon officials announced July 17. The new active-duty troops will arrive in Texas “in the next several weeks” and will provide “aerial surveillance, operational, logistical and administrative support” to U.S. Customs and Border […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abott recently signed a bill aiming to speed up the inspection process for trucks carrying fresh produce across ports-of-entries along the Texas-Mexico border. Texas House Bill 2155, which goes into effect September 1, reauthorizes a 2015 program allowing the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) to award grants totaling $750,000 over the next […]
