News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Bottleneck at the border

No relief in sight for longer lines
By Diane Lindquist/ UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Photo by PEGGY PEATTIE / Union-Tribune
August 30, 2006

After a recent Baja California surf outing, Michael Fox and his buddies were inching in their SUV toward the San Ysidro port of entry inspection booths.

“This is ridiculous,” Fox said. “It takes three seconds to get into Mexico and three hours to get out.”

Although no official statistics track delays at the border, people who cross say they are waiting longer this unusually hot summer, and border officials agree. While U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it is doing all it can to move people along swiftly, the reality is improvement might not occur until the San Ysidro port of entry is expanded and a third border crossing opens. That is years away.

Frustration is growing not only for those who wait in line, but also for tourism and business officials.

posted by missionaryman | 12:29 PM

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