10,000 rail cars stranded as Mexico-US rail is hit by new border closure - The Loadstar

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : At 8am yesterday, the US Customs & Border Protection service (CBP) closed three rail crossings at Eagle Pass and El Paso, leaving freight trains on both sides of the border stranded.
59% : CBP lifted the closure the following day.
56% : Late last month another spike in migration prompted CBP to again shift inspectors to immigration duty and close one of the two road bridges at Eagle Pass to northbound traffic.
55% : In September, a surge in people crossing Mexico on their way to the US border prompted CBP to shift personnel to immigration and drastically reduce processing of trains and trucks at major entry points, notably Eagle Pass and Laredo.
50% : "Ultimately every railroad is affected, since all carriers interchange goods across the North American rail network," he explained, and urged CBP to end the closures.

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