{"id":25559,"date":"2022-04-15T15:07:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25559"},"modified":"2022-04-15T15:07:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:07:59","slug":"texas-works-around-biden-to-get-border-security-agreements-with-three-mexican-states-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2022\/04\/15\/texas-works-around-biden-to-get-border-security-agreements-with-three-mexican-states-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Works Around Biden to Get Border Security Agreements With Three Mexican States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Governors of three Mexican states have signed agreements to bolster border security in exchange for Texas ramping down truck inspections that were backing up commercial traffic for miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/uploads\/files\/press\/EL_GOBIERNO_DEL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memorandum of Understanding<\/a>, signed by Texas and Nuevo Le\u00f3n on Wednesday, says the states will collaborate to ensure northbound vehicles meet safety standards, and stop migrants from heading to the Texas-Mexico border. Governors of the states of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/04\/14\/texas-abbott-border-vehicle-inspections-chihuahua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chihuahua and Coahuila<\/a> quickly followed suit, signing their agreements with Texas on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texas\u2019 \u201cenhanced\u201d safety inspections had triggered hours-long delays of vehicles coming into Laredo, the busiest land port on the southern border. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/04\/13\/greg-abbott-texas-border-inspections-nuevo-leon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas Tribune<\/a> quoted the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) as saying nearly 25 percent of 4,133 northbound commercial vehicles \u201cwere placed out of service for serious safety violations to include defective brakes, defective tires and defective lighting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feeling the pinch, Nuevo Le\u00f3n officials agreed to step up. \u201cSecurity is the key issue,\u201d said Gov. Samuel Garcia Sepulveda, announcing that his state\u2019s nine-mile border with Texas is now \u201ccontinuously policed\u201d by local and federal authorities patrolling Mexico\u2019s side of the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DPS said its follow-up surveillance showed no migrant river crossings along that stretch of border this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within 24 hours, Govs. Mar\u00eda Eugenia Campos Galv\u00e1n of Chihuahua and Miguel \u00c1ngel Riquelme Sol\u00eds of Coahuila signed their own agreements with Texas. Chihuahua has a major border crossing at Ju\u00e1rez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso; Coahuila shares international bridges with Del Rio and Eagle Pass, two hotspots for illegal migrant crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, noting that \u201cNuevo Le\u00f3n has raised its standards,\u201d also praised Chihuahua for producing \u201cthe best border security plan I\u2019ve seen from any governor in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Texas truck inspections continuing to back up traffic at other ports of entry, Abbott said he expects at least one more Mexican governor to come to the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texas troopers will continue inspecting every commercial truck entering from the state of Tamaulipas, which shares border crossings with McAllen and Brownsville, the two largest cities in the Rio Grande Valley. \u201cPeople need to understand the consequences here,\u201d Abbott said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Mexican governors have signed agreements to bolster border security in exchange for Texas ramping down truck inspections. 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