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Truckers block the entrance into the Santa Teresa Port of Entry in Ciudad Juarez going into New Mexico on April 12, 2022. The truckers blocked the port as a protest to the prolonged processing times implemented by Gov. Abbott which they say have increased from 2-3 hours up to 14 hours in the last few days. (Omar Ornelas /The El Paso Times via AP)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One of the busiest trade ports on the U.S.-Mexico border remained effectively closed Wednesday as frustration and traffic snarls mounted over orders by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott requiring extra inspections of commercial trucks as part of the Republican’s sprawling border security operation.

Since Monday, Mexican truckers have blocked the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in protest after Abbott last week directed state troopers to stop and inspect trucks coming into Texas. Unusually long backups —some lasting 12 hours or longer— have stacked up elsewhere along Texas’ roughly 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) border.

The Mexican government said that Abbott’s order was causing “serious damage” to trade, and that cross-border traffic had plummeted to a third of normal levels. On Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki called Abbott’s order “unnecessary and redundant.”

The gridlock is the fallout of an initiative that Abbott says is needed to curb human trafficking and the flow of drugs. Abbott ordered the inspections as part of “unprecedented actions” he promised in response to the Biden administration winding down a public health law that has limited asylum-seekers in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

But critics question how the inspections are meeting Abbott’s objective, while business owners and experts complain of financial losses and warn U.S. grocery shoppers could notice shortages as soon as this week.

Frustration is also spreading within members of Abbott’s own party: Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, a Republican, called the inspections a “catastrophic policy” that is forcing some trucks to reroute hundreds of miles to Arizona.

“I do describe it as a crisis, because this is not the normal way of doing business,” said Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez, whose county includes the bridge in Pharr. “You’re talking about billions of dollars. When you stop that process, I mean, there are many, many, many, many people that are affected.”

The shutdowns and slowdowns have set off some of the widest backlash to date of Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border operation, which the two-term governor has made the cornerstone of his administration. Texas has thousands of state troopers and National Guard members on the border and has converted prisons into jails for migrants arrested on state trespassing charges.

Abbott warned last week that inspections would “dramatically slow” border traffic, but he hasn’t addressed the backups or port shutdowns since then. The Governor planned a press conference for Wednesday afternoon in Laredo.

In a video posted to Instagram, Nuevo Leon Gov. Samuel García said he planned to meet with Abbott on Wednesday and reassure him that “he has no reason to worry over drugs, nor migration.” The video showed aerial shots of the Colombia port of entry upriver from Nuevo Laredo and images of Mexico authorities inspecting trucks. He said Mexico would implement “specific checkpoints” on Thursday “to show that there is not a single trailer carrying any of the two issues that we know worry him.”

The disruptions at some of the world’s busiest international trade ports could pose economic and political threats to Abbott, who is seeking a third term in November. Democrat Beto O’Rourke, the former presidential candidate who is running against Abbott, said during a stop in Pharr on Tuesday that the inspections were doing nothing to halt the flow of migrants and were worsening supply chain issues.

He was joined by Joe Arevalo, owner of Keystone Cold, a cold-storage warehouse on the border. He said that although Texas troopers have always inspected some trucks crossing the border “they’ve never, ever, ever held up a complete system or a complete supply chain.”

An estimated 3,000 trucks cross the Pharr bridge on a normal day, according to the National Freight Transportation Chamber. The bridge is the largest land port for produce, such as leafy green vegetables, entering the U.S.

Mexico supplies about two-thirds of the produce sold in Texas.

“We’re living through a nightmare, and we’re already suffering through a very delicate supply chain from the pandemic and to try to regrow the business,” Arevalo said.

The additional inspections are conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, which said that as of Monday, it had inspected more than 3,400 commercial vehicles and placed more than 800 “out of service” for violations that included defective brakes, tires, and lighting. It made no mention of whether the inspections turned up migrants or drugs.

Jerry Pacheco, executive director of the International Business Accelerator and president of the Border Industrial Association, said the protests were costing businesses millions of dollars a day.

“It’s going to affect all of us, all of us in the United States. Your car parts are going to be delivered late, your computer—if you ordered a Dell or HP tablet, those are going to be disrupted.”

Ed Anderson, a professor at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, compared the disruptions to those caused by February’s trucker blockade in Canada that forced auto plants on both sides of the border to shut down or scale back production.

Anderson said consumers would likely begin noticing the effects by the end of this week, if not sooner.

“Either prices are going to spike or shelves are going to be low,” he said.

Associated Press reporters Acacia Coronado. Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Mark Stevenson in Mexico City contributed to this report.

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Kris Mallette will not hold up Saturday’s game tape as an example of how to get ready for the playoffs.

The Rockets head coach was less than impressed with the loosey-goosey way his team came out, despite their 8-4 win over the visiting Vancouver Giants.

The game resembled more a pre season pond hockey game at times than one involving a team trying to get its game tuned up for the playoffs which begin in two weeks.

It’s a choice these guys have to make. Realistically, we want to be peaking at the right time coming into the playoffs. We want to make sure our habits and structure are all there,”said Mallette after the game.

“Good teams are going to make you pay, and if we make the types of decisions we were making tonight it will be in the back of our net, and before you know it, the season will be over.

“I think our last three games were not habit building, habit forming games by any means. We got lucky a few times, and fortunate to be up. And, I really didn’t like the way we finished the game.”

The third period wound down with the Giants enjoying a man advantage for much of the last half of the period

“I didn’t like the stuff at the end. As a penalty killer to have to kill six or seven minutes to finish the game…that could hurt somebody.

“Someone has to block a shot, someone has to sacrifice for an ill-advised penalty and that was my message to them. Along with those habits, we’re not going to be that team that implodes. You have to control your emotions.”

On the plus side, Andrew Cristall established a new team record for goals by a 16-year-old scoring his 25th and 26th of the season, eclipsing the previous record of 25 set by Shane McColgan and Nick Merkley.

“It’s super special. It’s so amazing…Shane McColgan and Nick Merkley, two great players with the Rockets and the history they have,” said Cristall.

“Just to be in the same sentence as those guys, it’s pretty cool. I’m really happy about it.”

His career-best five point night gives him 65 on the season, four behind Merkley’s point record (69) for a 16-year-old.

“The kid seems to find ways. He’s going to be special…he already is,” said Mallette.

“To play the role that he’s playing already at 16…he’s going to be a big part of our team with Marcus Pacheco, Caden Price as 05’s and our 04 group, Graham, Flamand, Babcock and Kykkanen. We’ve got a good core for sure.”

Mark Liwiski, who had struggled with just a goal and three assists over his last 12 games found himself slotted alongside Cristall and Colton Dach…and the pairing worked.

Liwiski had two goals and two assists, including a highlight reel backhand deke on a breakaway. The line accounted for 14 points as Dach also had a career best five point night including four assists to go along with an empty net tally.

Adam Kydd had two goals and an assist while Pavel Novak added a goal and an assist in the win.

Talyn Boyko turned aside 30 shots to earn his 27th win in a Kelowna uniform.

Mallette expects the Rockets to be better Sunday afternoon when they host the same Giants at Prospera Place.

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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday defied mounting pressure to immediately end truck inspections that have gridlocked the U.S.-Mexico border for days, saying that despite mileslong backups and spoiled produce, he would not rescind his new order at all bridges until he gets more assurances of security.

The two-term Republican said he was only ending inspections at one international bridge after announcing what he described as an agreement for more enhanced security with Nuevo Leon Gov. Samuel García, whose Mexican state is across the border from Laredo.

Truckers block the entrance of the Santa Teresa Port of Entry in Ciudad Juarez going into New Mexico on Tuesday. Omar Ornelas /The El Paso Times via AP

But that would not bring relief to idling truckers stacked up elsewhere along Texas’ 1,200-mile border, including in cities where backups have lasted for more than 12 hours and frustrated truckers have blocked bridges in protest. That includes the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, which has been effectively closed since Monday by trucker protests.

Abbott said he hoped officials in the three other Mexican states that border Texas would follow Nuevo Leon and also promise more security.

“I understand the concerns that businesses have trying to move product across the border,” Abbott said in Laredo, where he was joined by García. “But I also know well the frustration of my fellow Texans and my fellow Americans caused by the Biden administration not securing our border.”

Pressure on Abbott has come even from allies of the two-term governor.

The Texas Trucking Association, which has endorsed Abbott for re-election, said that the current situation “cannot be sustained” as the delays postponed deliveries and threatened to empty store shelves.

The Mexican governors of Coahuila and Tamaulipas, which both border Texas, also sent Abbott a letter calling the inspections overzealous and said they are “creating havoc and economic pain” on both sides of the border.

Mexico’s federal government has said Abbott’s order is causing “serious damage” to trade, and that cross-border traffic had plummeted to a third of normal levels. On Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki called Abbott’s order “unnecessary and redundant.”

The gridlock is the fallout of an initiative that Abbott says is needed to curb human trafficking and the flow of drugs. Abbott ordered the inspections as part of “unprecedented actions” he promised in response to the Biden administration winding down a public health law that has limited asylum-seekers in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

But critics question how the inspections are meeting Abbott’s objective, while business owners and experts complain of financial losses and warn U.S. grocery shoppers could notice shortages as soon as this week.

Frustration is also spreading within members of Abbott’s own party: Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, a Republican, called the inspections a “catastrophic policy” that is forcing some trucks to reroute hundreds of miles to Arizona.

“I do describe it as a crisis, because this is not the normal way of doing business,” said Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez, whose county includes the bridge in Pharr. “You’re talking about billions of dollars. When you stop that process, I mean, there are many, many, many, many people that are affected.”

The shutdowns and slowdowns have set off some of widest backlash to date of Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border operation, which the two-term governor has made the cornerstone of his administration. Texas has thousands of state troopers and National Guard members on the border and has converted prisons into jails for migrants arrested on state trespassing charges.

The disruptions at some of the world’s busiest international trade ports could pose economic and political threats to Abbott, who is seeking a third term in November. Democrat Beto O’Rourke, the former presidential candidate who is running against Abbott, said during a stop in Pharr on Tuesday that the inspections were doing nothing to halt the flow of migrants and were worsening supply chain issues.

An estimated 3,000 trucks cross the Pharr bridge on a normal day, according to the National Freight Transportation Chamber. The bridge is the largest land port for produce entering the U.S.

Mexico supplies about two-thirds of the produce sold in Texas.

The additional inspections are conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, which said that as of Monday, it had inspected more than 3,400 commercial vehicles and placed more than 800 “out of service” for violations that included defective brakes, tires and lighting. It made no mention of whether the inspections turned up migrants or drugs.

Jerry Pacheco, executive director of the International Business Accelerator and president of the Border Industrial Association, said the protests were costing businesses millions of dollars a day.

“It’s going to affect all of us, all of us in the United States. Your car parts are going to be delivered late, your computer — if you ordered a Dell or HP tablet, those are going to be disrupted.”

Ed Anderson, a professor at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, compared the disruptions to those caused by February’s trucker blockade in Canada that forced auto plants on both sides of the border to shut down or scale back production.

Anderson said consumers would likely begin noticing the effects before the end of this week.

“Either prices are going to spike or shelves are going to be low,” he said.

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