Obrador says border checks that snarled traffic were despicable

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López Obrador said Abbott and the governors of four Mexican states who announced they had reached security agreements had no authority to do so.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2022/04/18/mexicos-lopez-obrador-says-abbotts-costly-border-checks-that-snarled-traffic-were-despicable/

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1. Abbott threatens to shut down border trade again

Abbott threatens to shut down border trade with Mexico again
Jeremy Wallace
Staff writer
April 19, 2022
Updated: April 19, 2022 4:26 p.m.

Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to reinstate aggressive truck safety inspections at the border that just a week ago nearly halted shipments of goods and supplies from Mexico into Texas.

Hours after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday called Abbott’s inspection program “despicable” at a news conference, Abbott warned that he’s prepared to restart the program if López Obrador’s administration doesn’t do more to stop illegal immigration into Texas ...

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Gov-Abbott-threatens-to-shut-down-border-trade-17091294.php

[SunSeeker]

2. Abbott would be nuts to shut truck traffic down again, after all the blowback he got.

I hope Obrador tells Abbot to go fuck himself.

[dalton99a]

3. Abbott is despicable through and through.