Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders truck inspections at border after migrant deaths

Texas will increase checkpoints for trucks crossing from Mexico after migrant smuggling deaths

DPS said the checkpoints won't occur at the ports of entry, which is different than in April when Gov. Abbott mandated all commercial vehicles entering from Mexico be checked by state police.

Texas Governor Orders Tractor-Trailer Inspections in Wake of Migrant Smuggling Deaths

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Department of Public Safety to begin inspections of commercial trucks to prevent their utilization as human smuggling vehicles. The move follows the deaths of 53 migrants this week who were locked inside a tractor-trailer rig in San Antonio.

Texas will increase checkpoints for trucks crossing from Mexico after migrant smuggling deaths

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that Texas will add new checkpoints for trucks entering the state from Mexico after after over 50 migrants died in connection with an abandoned tractor-trailer found in San Antonio.

Texans mourn migrants who died in sweltering truck tragedy

Texas residents gathered under a scorching sun Wednesday to mourn the 53 migrants who died this week after they were abandoned in a trailer in soaring temperatures, leaving tokens of flowers, candles and bottles of water. The mourners, several of whom said they or their loved ones had also migrated to the United States illegally, gathered at the site in San Antonio where the truck was found on Monday to erect large wooden crosses and pay their r…

Texans mourn migrants who died in sweltering truck tragedy

Texas residents gathered under a scorching sun on Wednesday to mourn the 53 migrants who died this week after they were abandoned in a trailer in soaring temperatures, leaving tokens of flowers, candles and bottles of water.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders truck inspections at border after migrant deaths

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered state police to resume inspecting trucks entering Texas from Mexico after 53 migrants died...