Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is visiting Eagle Pass, Texas today. Residents of the small border community hope to have a chance to speak to him.
Local business owners are not only upset about the community being an epicenter for the flood of illegal immigrants pouring across the Texas-Mexico border, but they say a weeks-long bridge closure caused a loss of sales. Main Street, the city’s economic engine, is less than a mile from the border. DHS closed border bridges in order to move personnel to process illegal immigrants. This created a traffic nightmare for businesses that rely on customers from Texas and Mexico, as well as companies who transport goods to and from Mexico.
Local business owner Angel Gonzalez blames a bridge closure for the dip in profits and a loss of sales. Business owners and the mayor hope to speak to Mayorkas.
Gonzalez said he feels bad…
