U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday urging him to immediately stop the duplicative inspections at Texas land ports of entry.
The Democrat, who represents District 28 which includes the city of Laredo, said the secondary inspections conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety have caused major roadway backups at entries connecting the U.S. and Mexico.
“Requiring the Texas Department of Public Safety to conduct mechanical inspections does nothing to address Title 42 except provide costly delays to the United States supply chain,” Cuellar said in the letter. “Your duplicative mechanical inspections have been costly to the local, state and national economies. None of the violations from these inspections involve the smuggling of drugs or people.“Since the inspections began, the Hidalgo/Pharr port of entry reached a peak wait time of 320 minutes.
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