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Henry Cuellar: “The only thing that DPS or the state police can do is to do…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Published | Video Starts at 02:18

It's almost intentionally slowing down the economy here, hurting the border business. Do you understand why he's doing this? Well, look, The only thing that DPS or the state police can do is to do mechanical checks. Check the tires, check the brakes, check the windshield wipers. They cannot open up the cargo. So if they were trying to stop drugs or trying to stop people from coming in, it's not doing that at all except delay and act to the cause to the consumers. (02:18–02:31)

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Asserts that state police can only perform mechanical checks and cannot inspect cargo.

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