TEXAS AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER SID MILLER CALLS ON ENDING ADDITIONAL BORDER INSPECTIONS, URGES SHIFT TO DEFENDING TITLE 42 IN FEDERAL COURT (4/12/2022)
AUSTIN – Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller known as on the (*42*) of Texas to stop his truck inspection mission, calling it a catastrophic coverage which has now led to Mexican truckers blockading the border. Miller stated that shifting Texas assets to preventing the lifting of Title 42 is the sensible option to go. Title 42 is a longstanding federal legislation requiring the detention of aliens arriving within the United States who would possibly transmit illnesses of public well being significance.
Truckers have blocked northbound lanes to the Pharr International Bridge, forcing all industrial site visitors to be diverted to different ports of entry. Some site visitors is being rerouted to Nogales, AZ – a twenty-hour diversion to keep away from these new Level 1 inspections.
The further wait time of eight to 12 hours have resulted in vans operating out of gasoline and produce rotting as a result of prolonged inspection delays.
“Up to 20,000 truckers cross the border on a normal day. My reports are that each inspection is taking an hour and has created a backlog with thousands of trucks clogging the border. Refrigerated produce is being ruined as trucks run out of fuel after being in line for over a day,” Miller commented.
“And today the U.S. Labor Department reported the indicators for energy, gasoline, natural gas and electricity are up 32%, 48%, 21.6% and 11.1% over last year, so this inspection program is turning a crisis into a catastrophe.”
Miller proposes a shift in state assets to identified corridors of unlawful immigration into Texas, in addition to preventing the Biden administration in federal courtroom.
“You cannot solve a border crisis by creating another crisis at the border. These Level 1 inspections serve as a ‘clog in the drain’ and divert commerce and jobs to more western ports of entry.”
“This is not solving the border problem, it is increasing the cost of food and adding to supply chain shortages. Such a misguided program is going to quickly lead to $2.00 lemons, $5.00 avocados and worse. Texas should instead lead the way by urging other states to join Attorney General Paxton’s lawsuit to preserve Title 42.”
“Almost a year ago, General Paxton filed a lawsuit to uphold the Trump administration’s Title 42 policy. Why aren’t we fighting for this policy before the U.S. Supreme Court right now?”
“If the Biden administration can’t be compelled to do their job to protect the border, then we need a federal judge to compel Biden to do what is right. Biden has a Border Czar who has been to the border once and has done nothing else to resolve this crisis.”
“Title 42 was working under President Biden but now we risk clogging legal traffic at our border while letting the floodgates open with potential illegal immigrants who may carry the Covid-19 virus. It’s utter nonsense and dangerous to the health and welfare of the American people,” Miller acknowledged.
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