International trade stopped at Texas border crossings as truckers protest Greg Abbott's new inspection demands

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The Valley supports border security, but this doesn't seem to have much or anything to do with border security," Hinojosa added.
57% : From 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, the average time for commercial vehicles to cross the border at the Ysleta Port of Entry peaked around 420 minutes, or seven hours, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website.
52% : "If Border Patrol drops people off in your county, you will be able to work with the state to transport people out of your county to a location where they will be immediately connected with either Border Patrol professionals, [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] officials or other appropriate federal authorities," Abbott said.
46% : He said the governor's announcement last week appeared to be purely political and the new inspections will have little effect on border security.
44% : In response to the Biden administration's recent announcement that it plans to end Title 42 -- a pandemic-era emergency health order that lets federal officials turn away migrants at the border without the chance to request asylum -- Abbott on Wednesday ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to increase its inspections of commercial vehicles, which he said drug cartels use to smuggle humans and drugs into the United States.
43% : International bridges across the Texas-Mexico border also saw significant lines in 2019 when former President Donald Trump reassigned hundreds of customs officers from ports of entry to assist Border Patrol in dealing with detaining migrants crossing the border in between the bridges.
42% : "All the stated goals of border security are not working and they don't have a practical aspect other than [being] red meat," he said.

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