{"id":1435648,"date":"2022-04-13T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435648"},"modified":"2022-04-13T14:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:01:14","slug":"white-house-slams-texas-campaign-to-keep-title-42-border-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-slams-texas-campaign-to-keep-title-42-border-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Slams Texas&#039; Campaign to Keep Title 42 Border Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-slams-texas-campaign-to-keep-title-42-border-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The White House is denouncing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s strategy of using truck safety checks to pressure President Joe Biden into keeping the Title 42 border policy.<\/p>\n<p>A Wednesday morning statement by\u00a0Press Secretary Jen Psaki said:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Governor Abbott\u2019s unnecessary and redundant inspections of trucks transiting ports of entry between Texas and Mexico are causing significant disruptions to the food and automobile supply chains, delaying manufacturing, impacting jobs, and raising prices for families<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The economic disruptions may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2022\/04\/09\/texas-holds-truck-traffic-to-change-mexicos-migration-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create political pressure<\/a> on Biden to extend the Title 42 barrier. The pressure may come from U.S. businesses and from the Mexican government, which exports much fresh food and outsourced manufacturing into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The White House statement pushed back by highlighting opposition from businesses in Texas against Abbott\u2019s safety-check strategy:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Local businesses and trade associations are calling on Governor Abbott to reverse this decision because trucks are facing lengthy delays exceeding 5 hours at some border crossings and commercial traffic has dropped by as much as 60 percent.\u00a0 The continuous flow of legitimate trade and travel and CBP\u2019s ability to do its job should not be obstructed. Governor Abbott\u2019s actions are impacting people\u2019s jobs, and the livelihoods of hardworking American families.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abbott has repeatedly protested Biden\u2019s pro-migration policies, which have released at least one million migrants across the border since January 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20542781\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20542781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/border-war-powers-texas-gov-greg-abbott-speaks-news-conference-march-10-2022-weslaco-texas-trump.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1479\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference, March 10, 2022, in Weslaco, Texas. (Joel Martinez\/The Monitor via AP, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The government-invited flood of economic migrants has spiked crime and deaths throughout Texas and is helping to lower wages and raise rents for millions of Texans and people in other states. The inflow is expected to worsen once Biden\u2019s deputies lift the Title 42 policy in late May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden Administration\u2019s open-border policies have\u00a0paved the way for dangerous cartels and deadly drugs to pour into the United States, and this crisis will only be made worse by ending Title 42 expulsions,\u201d Abbott\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-takes-aggressive-action-to-secure-the-border-as-president-biden-ends-title-42-expulsions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>\u00a0at an April 6 press event. He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>With the end of Title 42 expulsions looming next month, Texas will immediately begin taking unprecedented action to do what no state has done in American history to secure our border. The new strategies announced today and next week will further strengthen our already robust response to the Biden border disaster, and we will use any and all lawful powers to curtail the flow of drugs, human traffickers, illegal immigrants, weapons, and other contraband into Texas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abbot signed\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/uploads\/files\/press\/O-McCrawSteven202204062201.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">the safety directive<\/a>\u00a0on April 6, telling the Texas Department of Public Safety:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As you have explained, the cartels that smuggle illicit contraband and people across our southern border do not care about the condition of the vehicles they send into Texas any more than they care who overdoses\u00a0from the deadly fentanyl on board. In response to this threat, which is projected to grow in the coming months, I hereby direct the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to conduct enhanced safety inspections of vehicles as they cross international ports of entry into Texas. These inspections should begin immediately to help ensure that Texans are not endangered by unsafe vehicles and their unsafe drivers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Texas is legally entitled to conduct safety checks on trucks that operate within Texas \u2014 but it has no legal authority to impede border traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Texas safety checks, however, are impeding border traffic, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/news\/texas-border-bridges-blocked-as-truckers-protest-inspections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FreightWaves.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Due to the added measures, truck drivers in Mexico reportedly are waiting in line for inspection as long as 15 hours without food, water or access to bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re desperate because we have to wait up to 15 hours to cross into the United States,\u201d truck driver Pedro Gonzalez told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/anger-mounts-along-texas-mexico-border-over-long-delays-commercial-crossings-2022-04-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a>\u00a0Monday during the protest at El Paso\u2019s Zaragoza bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The Ysleta\/Zaragoza port of entry is the main bridge for commercial trucks crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso and saw about $5.3 billion in trade during February.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_20494685\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20494685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/biden-immigration-pair-of-migrant-families-brazil-passes-gap-border-wall-reach-united-sta.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pair of migrant families from Brazil passes through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico in Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum. (AP Photo\/Eugene Garcia, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no good reason for [Biden to remove Title 42] other than he wants more illegals here to vote,\u201d Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/05\/exclusive-texas-ag-ken-paxton-biden-ending-title-42-import-more-illegal-alien-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Breitbart News on April 5. \u201cHe\u2019s not enforcing federal law. He\u2019s not following his constitutional duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a complete betrayal of the American people,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe consequences to our country are great. If you just take the fentanyl overdose increases, they\u2019re up like 30 percent \u2026 that doesn\u2019t count the social costs along the border that people who are dealing with this every day and the fear that they have of being harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House is denouncing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s strategy of using truck safety checks to pressure President Joe Biden into keeping the Title 42 border policy. 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