[1rudeboy]

A customs facility is not sovereign territory, no matter where it is located. Quit the hysterics.

[hedgetrimmer]

By the summer, the Mexican government will be in Kansas City's West Bottoms. The city will spend $3 million to build a Mexican customs house on Liberty Street, clearing American goods, mainly grain exports headed south.

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Meanwhile, SmartPort negotiated with the Mexican Customs service to locate a facility in Kansas Cityon Mexican sovereign territory to clear exports to Mexico, thus avoiding clogged boarders. This will be the first in the nation.

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City officials had hoped that the first foreign customhouse on U.S. soil would be built and opened by June, but federal approval has bogged down.

“We are waiting for the final OK from the State Department,” she said. “We’re hoping in the next month they will figure it out.”

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How to end-run American sovereignty? I am sure the President will issue an EO to get around a pesky issue like that. Maybe have an NGO like SmartPort illegally negotiate it too.