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   CNN   
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   The rail industry is demanding the Biden administration immediately   
   allow trains to cross the southern border with Mexico that officials   
   shut in response to a surge in crossings by migrants.   
      
   The Association of American Railroads, an industry trade group,   
   issued a statement on Monday warning the suspension of operations in   
   Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas, will have negative consequences for   
   consumers.   
      
   “The urgency of reopening these crossings and restoring rail service   
   between the two nations cannot be overstated,” said Ian Jefferies,   
   AAR’s president and CEO. “Every day the border remains closed   
   unleashes a cascade of delay across operations on both sides of the   
   border, impacting customers and ultimately consumers.”   
      
   The US Customs and Border Protection announced the temporary   
   suspension on Sunday, citing a “recent resurgence of smuggling   
   organizations moving migrants through Mexico via freight trains.”   
      
   The rail industry said the shutdown most directly and immediately   
   impacts Union Pacific and BNSF and the customers those carriers   
   serve. AAR said the two railroads operate 24 trains a day at these   
   crossings, moving auto parts, agriculture, finished vehicles,   
   chemicals and other goods.   
      
   “As CBP continues to address the exceptionally challenging   
   humanitarian crisis, railroads urge CBP to also safeguard the   
   nation’s supply chain from further disruption,” Jefferies said.   
      
   Union Pacific said in a statement to CNN that the Eagle Pass and El   
   Paso border crossings represent 45% of its cross-border business and   
   that there isn’t enough capacity at other gateways to reroute goods.   
      
      
   “While the company understands this is a complex humanitarian   
   crisis, most migrants are not crossing the border on trains,” Union   
   Pacific spokesperson Kristen South said in a statement. “The longer   
   this closure is in effect, the more difficult it will be for cross-   
   border trade to resume.”   
      
   https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/18/business/railroads-southern-   
   border/index.html   
      
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