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Related: About this forumBorder lines stretch for miles, waits grow to 10 hours in coronavirus crackdown
The latest move by Customs and Border Protection to slow traffic from Mexico into the U.S. has caused border traffic jams stretching for miles and waits exceeding 10 hours for those crossing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
Border officials say the action, announced late Friday, is designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and make people think twice about crossing the border. But the backup has infuriated drivers and caused many San Diego- and Los Angeles-area employees to arrive late to work or miss it altogether.
Its terrible. Terrible, terrible, terrible. What else can I say? I already called my job and told them Im going to be late, but Im probably not going to make it at all, said Albert Rodriguez, an L.A.-based construction worker who had been waiting for seven hours Monday in the Tijuana traffic.
Several drivers dozed off in their cars or abandoned their vehicles to find a restroom after eight hours of waiting.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-25/border-lines-stretch-miles-waits-10-hours-coronavirus-crackdown
A one and a half hour wait to cross the border at San Ysidro is exasperating yet normal, a 10 hour wait is totally fucked up.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Who could have foreseen this?
-Laelth
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)The line to cross over into Mexico was huge (and I'm assuming the line to come into the US similarly so).
And this was August 2018, before the pandemic. Back then, this was just USCIS making it difficult for folks to come over the border as per Trump.
Juneboarder
(1,732 posts)A few years back, my wait time to cross back into the US was 7 hours on a Saturday afternoon. That's when I decided to bite the bullet and get a Sentry pass. Best $250 ever spent for my husband and I, as the longest I've ever waited since then is 20 minutes.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)I have TSA Pre-chek and wanted to get Global Entry, but didn't.
I guess these days it doesn't matter as I have no plans to go anywhere at anytime (thanks, Donald Trump!)
Juneboarder
(1,732 posts)I've been itching to go to Mexico as I usually go every other month, but my last jaunt was in December and there's no indication I'll be heading south any time soon.
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)and it is only 45 min away (they could save hours doing this). Tecate is super cool compared to TJ. I go there all the time and have for years. The TJ crossing has always sucked a lot.