Three Mexican governors signed an agreement with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and a fourth accord is imminent to end additional vehicle inspections at ports.
On Friday afternoon, Tamaulipas Governor Francisco Cabeza de Vaca is expected to meet with Abbott to sign a deal between Texas and Tamaulipas, marking the fourth state in the collaboration. Earlier this week, the governors from Coahuila and Chihuahua agreed to set up security checkpoints, increase patrols, and other measures to better curb smuggling. The Governor of Nuevo Leon, Samuel Garcia Sepulveda, was the first to meet with Abbott.
The agreements come after Abbott sent state troopers to international ports of entry to carry out intensive inspections on trucks entering the country — in additional to the federal searches. T . According to various government officials and some border politicians, the end of Title 42 would cause a dramatic increase in human smuggling.asking him to reconsider keeping Title 42 due to the dramatic effect that it would have on his city.
Since Texas authorities implemented the checkpoints, cross-border commerce was dramatically impacted as commercial truckers had to wait hours to be able to cross from Mexico. Truckers in Mexico held protests and even blocked some ports of entry.Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management.
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