El PASO — In business parlance, time is money. And business leaders and trade experts are on edge over the likelihood that Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott’s directive...
Federal Bureau of Transportation“Time is money and long lines will make Texas less competitive as a state and the United States less competitive as a country,” said Raymond Robertson, director of the Mosbacher Institute at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.
“You have to weigh border security vs. the economy and that’s a governor’s question,” Saenz said. He added that the governor did not consult with him, but said, “I’m sure the governor is weighing these issues.” “We welcome order on the border,” said Cecilia Levine Ochoa, owner and president of MFI International, a textile company that is an industry leader among Mexico’s maquiladoras, the border factory industry that fuels economies in Texas and Mexico.
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