Importers said buyers have canceled orders, and the blockade could impact the flow of produce to U.S. restaurants and grocery stores.
in Reynosa that they had waited three to four days at the international bridge and were running out of fuel while they waited.
“Governor Abbott’s unnecessary secondary inspections are killing business on the border,” Gonzalez said in a written statement to The Texas Tribune. “If this continues it will cause further supply line issues impacting America. And we will see prices of produce and other imports rise at the grocery store. He needs to allow the U.S. Customs and Border [Protection] inspection folks to do their job.”
Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez said he can’t remember a Texas governor upending international trade along the border like this. “We’re dealing with 20,000 truck crossings a day [in Laredo] — there are security issues but that’s why our federal partners are there,” Garcia said. “If [the state] wants to do more we can do more, but let’s not impede trade.”
State Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, said a group of state House members from border communities also plans to send a letter to the governor. He said the governor’s announcement last week appeared to be purely political and the new inspections will have little effect on border security.
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