Representative Urges House Leaders to Increase Border Port Funding
On June 15, 2011, Representative Grijalva (D) sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi calling for greater funding at border ports of entry, citing the high economic costs of understaffing and a chronic shortage…
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of infrastructure. The letter notes that the economic benefits of trade are threatened by a severe lack of manpower and infrastructure at U.S. ports of entry. According to the letter, the growth of international trade has outpaced the ports’ workload capacity, resulting in congestion and delays. Grijalva press release, including text of letter, available here