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On 26 Sep 2023, "MAGA-pedos" posted some
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> Kamala is the border czar. Have her go suck it across.
Trade across the U.S.-Mexican border has been slowed over the past week as
U.S. authorities have shut down crossings and imposed extra security
checks amid an increase in migration, sparking concern in Mexico.
About 8,000 trailers carrying an estimated $1 billion worth of goods have
been stranded on the Mexican side over the past week, said Manuel Sotelo,
president of the transport association of Ciudad Juarez, a major
manufacturing hub across from El Paso, Texas.
Some companies were sending merchandise through entry points in New Mexico
and Arizona to avoid the long wait times at the Texas border, Sotelo told
Reuters on Monday.
The delays forced a Canadian snowmobile and off-road vehicle manufacturer
to suspend production on Monday and Tuesday at three factories in Ciudad
Juarez that employ some 9,000 people.
"Due to the waiting times on the international bridges in Ciudad Juarez,
we have had a significant reduction in the volume of units that we can
export daily," the Quebec-based company, BRP, said in a statement.
Jesus Salayandía, a representative of the Mexican industry association
Canacintra, said he expected other companies in Ciudad Juarez would
announce temporary work stoppages if the long wait times at the border
continue.
U.S. border authorities suspended cargo processing at one of El Paso's
international bridges last week to shift officers to process more migrant
arrivals.
Migrant crossings have surged in recent weeks, nearing record-high
numbers. Internal documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show
the Department of Homeland Security was aware months ago that the surge
was incoming but took no action to prevent it. Instead, the White House
has placed blame for the surge at Republicans for not supporting President
Joe Biden's immigration reform platform.
Some 500 northbound trucks normally cross that bridge each day, though
only 40 percent are carrying cargo into the United States, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection said in response to a Reuters request for comment.
It added that "suspending services there would have the least total impact
on our trade partners."
Texas authorities also began conducting enhanced vehicle inspections of
commercial trucks and trailers at the city's other two bridges.
The moves prompted Mexico's foreign ministry to urge U.S. authorities not
to take "unilateral measures" complicating trade. Truck drivers in Mexico
told Reuters they had to wait hours to clear the bridges.
In addition to the slowdown for trucks and trailers, some 2,400 Union
Pacific railroad cars were also stalled after border officials temporarily
halted processing at the international railway crossing bridge in Eagle
Pass, Texas, on Wednesday.
Union Pacific told Reuters it expected to finish working through the
backlog by Tuesday morning. It declined to estimate the financial impact.
Some cargo train service was also disrupted in Mexico, when Ferromex
temporarily suspended the operations of some 60 northbound trains last
week after about a half dozen migrants were injured or died.
Previous slowdowns at U.S.-Mexico border crossings have resulted in
billions of dollars in total losses, according to analyses by the Texas-
based economic research group, The Perryman Group.
It estimated that the last such slowdown, in April 2022, represented a
daily loss to GDP of $996.3 million dollars.
(Reporting by Jose Luis Gonzalez and Laura Gottesdiener in Monterrey;
additional reporting Isabel Woodford in Mexico City; editing by Sonali
Paul)
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/1-billion-worth-of-goods-stuck-at-
southern-border-as-migrants-flood-across/
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