‘Absurd’ Inspections Halt 19,000 Trucks at Texas-Mexico Border

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s border-security crackdown is clogging up commercial crossings, leaving at least 19,000 trucks loaded with $1.9 billion of goods stuck waiting in Mexico.

“Absurd” safety inspections are causing wait times as long as 24 hours in lines that stretch for 23 kilometers (14 miles), Mexico’s biggest trucking group said in a statement Oct. 8. The holdup makes it exceedingly difficult for businesses to manage supply chains, it said.

Trucks travel across the World Trade International Bridge in Laredo, Texas.

Source: Bloomberg

Texas announced a renewed push for cargo-truck inspections last month as part of Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” plan to deter illegal border crossings and drug ...