Border authorities seeking funds

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A coalition of Texas border officials are seeking 6 billion dollars for infrastructure improvements at our ports of entry, especially during a time of increased violence in Mexico.

Border mayors and politicians know how important trade with Mexico is to improve the local economy, but many of their land ports of entry need repairs.

We are losing inspectors we are understaffed in the ports of entry. Were adding more inspection because of the violence

These officials have requested 6 billion dollars for renovation projects and the Texas border coalition seeks 5 thousand additional customs and border protection officers as well as border patrol agents for both the northern and southern borders.

McAllen mayor Richard Cortez says visitations from Mexican nationals have gone down by 31 percent for various reasons

These legal visitors come here to stop and consume American products
Representative Henry Cuellar tells fox 2 news some of the ports of entry have not been worked on for 20 years, and they often get congested because there aren’t enough lanes.

One is improvement in our infrastructure to our bridges to deal with the traffic and we need more personnel

Mission mayor, Norberto Salinas, says the new Anzalduas Bridge is making it easier to transport goods across the border, but the recent break out in violence has caused fear ultimately affecting business.
It would only do us a lot of good. Mexico is coming to buy and invest here and hopefully the violence will stop

He adds, Mexican businessmen investing on this side of the border will be a trend we might continue to see.

Officials hope adding more agents and customs officers at the international ports of entry will slow down smuggling.