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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott struck a deal with a local Mexican official Wednesday to ease trade into Laredo, Texas, after outcry from Biden administration officials and Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar about the state’s increased border inspections in Cuellar’s hometown. Under the agreement, unveiled Wednesday evening, Gov. Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda…

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his commitment to “enhanced” inspections at Texas-Mexico border crossings Wednesday, despite intense international economic and political pressure to end the policy that has gridlocked commercial traffic.

The inspections put in place by the governor have caused delays as long as 36 hours

WASHINGTON — It wasn’t quite at the steps of the U.S. Capitol, but awfully close.

Protests over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's latest border security measure are slowing down the flow of trade on the U.S.-Mexico border

First busload arrives despite questions into Abbott’s legal authority

Truckers are blocking the Mexico-Texas border after Abbott deployed state troopers to inspect vehicles

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller pressed the governor on Tuesday to end a new inspection policy that is snarling traffic at the border and “turning a crisis into a catastrophe.”

The order has resulted in extremely long wait times and the shutdown of at least one border crossing.