1. Morales also renewed his call for increased federal support for more stringent border truck inspections. 2. Since then, imports have boomed, border inspections have declined and thousands of Americans have become ill from imported produce. 3. The amendment adds even more money than the administration requested for border inspections, but includes stringent safety and inspection requirements that would apply exclusively to Mexico. 4. The gap could be closed by the increased border inspections and the permitting system that Bush is proposing. 5. This arrangement does not include the Customs Service, which conducts most border inspections, and the financial crimes units of the Treasury Department, which tracks money laundering. 6. Other areas covered were immigration, refugee matters and border inspection and maintenance. 7. Lavrov introduced a rival resolution Tuesday which makes no mention of lifting sanctions on civilian goods or tightening border inspections. 8. The Russian resolution makes no mention of lifting sanctions on civilian goods or tightening border inspections to prevent illegal weapons and goods from entering Iraq. 9. France is among seven European Union members which have signed the Schengen accords, aimed at ending border inspections. |