DEL RIO, Texas—The Biden administration has weighed in on Texas’s latest efforts to bring attention to the illegal immigration crisis at the southern border.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) started conducting “enhanced commercial vehicle safety inspections” on vehicles traveling from Mexico on April 8, at the behest of Gov. Greg Abbott.
The inspections are being conducted on state roads just beyond several ports of entry, which has caused long delays to commercial traffic and caused miles-long lines of trucks into Mexico.
Customs and Border Protection, which is responsible for border clearance into the United States, called the inspections “unnecessary” in a statement issued on April 12.
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