Truck backlogs at Texas border causes frustration

One of the busiest trade ports on the U.S.-Mexico border remained closed Tuesday as frustration and traffic snarls mounted over new orders by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, requiring extra inspections of commercial trucks as part of the border security operation.

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 truck inspections had turned up migrants or drugs.