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Posted on 03/31/2026 8:01:53 AM PDT by Twotone
The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation that gives the U.S. president the power to restrict U.S. port access for countries with governments that have seized American property abroad.
The Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026, introduced by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, passed 247 to 164.
In March 2023, the Mexican government seized a U.S. company's port at Punta Venado.
“When countries violate trade agreements and illegally seize assets from U.S. companies, it puts American job security, economic security, and national security at risk. This legislation is critical because it ensures there are enforceable consequences for those actions,” Pfluger said.
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Cool beans. It would be interesting to get a list of the handful of Democrats who voted for this common sense legislation.
What I find “interesting” is how long it took for congress to act, considering Mexico seized the property in 2023.
I'm thinking of the fuel being shipped to California, not from Texas but via the Bahamas.
Countries that are banned or restricted will arrange a similar dodge with Bahamas or some other country that still has access to US ports.
Mexico could also avoid using US ports and ship overland, by truck or rail through the US border.
Mostly works the other way around. Because of political hostility to the US in California, the US is using Mexican ports to bypass the California ports. KCS railroad (now Canadian Pacific) developed a port at Lázaro Cárdenas to tie into their network to get goods from Asia into the central US and on to Canada via Laredo. They also access a couple of ports on the Gulf coast, but I don't think they control the ports there.
“It would be interesting to get a list of the handful of Democrats who voted for this common sense legislation.”
Most likely it would match the list of illiterate Democrats.
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