So Texas governor Greg Abbott decided that he was going to make it really hard to move shipments across the Mexican border because Mexican agencies weren't kowtowing to his demands.
The logjam of trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border finally began breaking Thursday after nearly a week as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott eased off his latest dramatic action over immigration that has gridlocked some of the world's busiest trade ports and taken a mounting economic toll.
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"There is a sense of urgency now to reach deals that did not exist before," Abbott said, after a week of his policy that one customs agency estimated cost companies $7 million dollars a day due to spoiled food and logistical issues. Oh, and a bonus quote from
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"The “financial pain” was a necessary consequence to “get the public to insist that their government leaders” take action to curb illegal immigration, Abbott said."
Yep, that's the governor of a state causing millions of dollars in losses in an effort to force foreign agencies to submit to his demands and get his citizenry to "fall in line" with his views. Because brown people
bad!
