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Truckers have reported waiting up to 24 hours to cross the border because of the inspections. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered similar inspections last year to stop smuggling, but troopers found no contraband after checking more than 4,000 vehicles.
Two Valley U.S. congressmen and an organization representing border mayors and county judges are speaking out against the enhanced safety inspections being conducted in Brownsville.
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Truckers have reported waiting up to 24 hours to cross the border because of the inspections. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered similar inspections last year to stop smuggling, but troopers found no contraband after checking more than 4,000 vehicles.
A community of freelance truckers known as transmigrantes transport used cars and other goods from the United States to Central America. When one of them from Colorado got kidnapped, an international investigation shifted uncomfortably close to home.
The former president is courting state support as other GOP candidates try to emerge from his shadow, including former U.S. Rep. Will Hurd.