According to produce suppliers, the extended security searches at the border have cost millions in spoiled produce.
The CEO of the Texas International Produce Association said people can expect the ramifications from this stall to last for several weeks.Prices for some of people’s favorite goods will likely go up in the short term.
Many of the trucks sat idle for hours over the last nine days due to "enhanced security screenings" by DPS troopers, which was ordered by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.RELATED:"It's going to take trucking and drivers to try to unclog what has been a week of anxiety and delays through the weekend and into next week, I'm sure," said John Esparda, who is the president and CEO of the Texas Trucking Association.
"It has been nothing short of disastrous," said Dante Galeazzi, who is president and CEO of the Texas International Produce Association.He said a lot of that produce rotted on trucks sitting idle over the last nine days. Gov. Abbott's Democratic challenger, Beto O'Rourke, held his own news conference on the issue in El Paso Friday.
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