Biden Administration Calls Texas Border Inspections ‘Unnecessary’ as Abbott Pressures Border Crossings

Trucks wait in a long queue to cross into the United States, after the U.S Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced increased security checks at the international ports of entry into Texas, at the Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

DEL RIO, Texas—The Biden administration has weighed in on Texas’s latest efforts to bring attention to the illegal immigration crisis at the southern border.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) started conducting “enhanced commercial vehicle safety inspections” on vehicles traveling from Mexico on April 8, at the behest of Gov. Greg Abbott.