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BajaNaranja
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San Ysidro border slow down
San Ysidro northbound crossing was messy today with only a handful of lanes open. SENTRI was about 35 min, and a couple vehicles in front of me were
receiving flyers from the agent which probably were the "educational materials" mentioned in the article:
CBP Imposes New Measures to Curb Non-Essential Travel Across US-Mexico Border
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/cbp-imposes-new-measu...
"The agency said that in a recent survey, 60% of travel across the border was for non-essential reasons.
To reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., CBP said it is making adjustments to its operations at entry ports in Mexico to limit non-essential
travel. Affected ports of entry in Baja California include that of San Ysidro, Otay Mesa and Calexico, CBP said.
The agency said that in ports of entry, secondary inspections will be conducted on those who are suspected of traveling for an unnecessary reason.
During the secondary inspection, individuals will be given educational materials on the coronavirus issued by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. It will be to raise awareness on the pandemic and to ensure travelers understand the risk of border crossing."
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I waited too long for SENTRI. No way I'm using ReadyLane at this point.
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SFandH
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https://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/estatal/hasta-9-horas-para-cr...
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https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/south-bay-news/border...
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SFandH
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Just checked the webcams and it looks like all but 3 lanes at San Ysidro are open. There are around 30 lanes. Wait times in the regular and ready
lanes look to be about an hour longer than normal for a Monday morning. SENTRI is at 15 minutes.
At one point yesterday about 1/2 the lanes were closed and waits were 6 to 7 hours, at times more, in regular and ready lanes and SENTRI was over an
hour.
These long lines are a dangerous situation. Once in line you can't turn around and there is no way to get quick emergency help if needed, maybe any
emergency help. Heck there's not even a bathroom.
I strongly question the wisdom of the individual(s) that made the decision to intentionally close and slow the lines.
[Edited on 8-24-2020 by SFandH]
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Quote: Originally posted by BajaNaranja  |
"The agency said that in a recent survey, 60% of travel across the border was for non-essential reasons.
To reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., CBP said it is making adjustments to its operations at entry ports in Mexico to limit non-essential
travel. Affected ports of entry in Baja California include that of San Ysidro, Otay Mesa and Calexico, CBP said.
The agency said that in ports of entry, secondary inspections will be conducted on those who are suspected of traveling for an unnecessary reason.
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Right out of Stalin’s playbook for running an Iron Curtain.
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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BajaNaranja
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Right now https://bwt.cbp.gov/details/09250401/POV says:
Current Wait: 390 min
At 8:00 am PDT, 9 lanes open
Average Wait: 148 min
That's brutal...
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tjsue
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This is a good one to check, too.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/547917278583407/
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SFandH
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I find that website to be highly unreliable, and I watch the border closely. The website I use is https://www.bordertraffic.com/ . It's 9:30 AM and at San Ysidro the regular lines are 1:30 hours, ready lines 1:06, and sentri lines 9 minutes.
Viewing the webcams show all but 3 lanes are open, so that's about 30 open lanes divided up between regular, ready, and sentri.
Apparently things are back to normal.
If your Spanish is good, you can listen to 104.5 FM in the border area. Frequent border traffic updates, but it's rapid fire spanish. Pretty good
music too!
[Edited on 8-24-2020 by SFandH]
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BajaNaranja
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| Quote: Originally posted by SFandH |
I find that website to be highly unreliable, and I watch the border closely. The website I use is https://www.bordertraffic.com/ . It's 9:30 AM and at San Ysidro the regular lines are 1:30 hours, ready lines 1:06, and sentri lines 9 minutes.
Viewing the webcams show all but 3 lanes are open, so that's about 30 open lanes divided up between regular, ready, and sentri.
Apparently things are back to normal.
If your Spanish is good, you can listen to 104.5 FM in the border area. Frequent border traffic updates, but it's rapid fire spanish. Pretty good
music too!
[Edited on 8-24-2020 by SFandH] |
Thanks SFandH for your info - it actually jives perfectly with what I just heard from a relative who just got through SENTRI in just a couple
minutes... I think I'll delete the bookmark I just created to bwt.cbp.gov, since the info they provide is pretty much garbage.
Looks like bordertraffic.com is a pay / subscribe service, though... I can hack my way through their site to see some of the webcams, but no details
about actual current wait times, unless you are a premium subscriber... ?
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SFandH
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I've been a subscriber for several years. It's 8 dollars per year. I've gotten familiar enough with the crossing where I can just look at the length
of the lines using the webcams and know how long it will take.
[Edited on 8-24-2020 by SFandH]
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JZ
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This thread has super useful info.
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Alm
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I don't know, Mtgoat... Did you see that gem in the link by the Admin?: a woman heading to the U.S. to visit friends and go to the beach was asked if
they thought that was essential travel, they replied in Spanish, "Yes".  ....
This is hilarious...
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SFandH
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I wonder if the restriction to "essential travel" does any good. I guess we'll never really know.
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God, I miss the good old days. When people just worried about hoarding toilet paper.
John
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Best statement every John
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Others got trapped during the slowdown. Mexicali East was the slowest and mexicali west was better. 1 hr W, 7 hr E
I hope that issue is now in the past?
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Alm
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It did cut off Canadians and Mexicans without US passport or green card. This does more good to Canada than to the US because even after the recent
drop in the US the daily numbers per capita are still 5 times higher than in Canada. With Mexico it's less clear, their per capita numbers are
officially lower than in the US but so it the testing.
The very first entry on the essential list says "Citizens and lawful permanent residents returning to the United States". Double
citizen Mexican living in Tijuna going to visit friends in Ca and go to the playa, is not really returning to live in the US. They are skirting the
rules. And so do true expats living 90% of time in Mexico when they travel not for medical and other reasons listed as essential. Though true expats
are likely a minority on this forum and in the border line-ups.
Beside Mexicans with US passport, the bulk of "returning" citizens are what the US ambassador in Mexico recently called "casual travelers" - US
citizens returning from a leisure trip to Baja. They should've been turned around by Mexican INM but they were not.
I guess CBP are doing what they can in this situation. Might not help much, though.
[Edited on 8-25-2020 by Alm]
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| Quote: Originally posted by PaulW | Others got trapped during the slowdown. Mexicali East was the slowest and mexicali west was better. 1 hr W, 7 hr E
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facebookers are reporting incredibly shorts lines today, at least SY and Otay. looks like these long waits will just be a weekend deal.
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SFandH
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| Quote: Originally posted by del mar | | Quote: Originally posted by PaulW | Others got trapped during the slowdown. Mexicali East was the slowest and mexicali west was better. 1 hr W, 7 hr E
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facebookers are reporting incredibly shorts lines today, at least SY and Otay. looks like these long waits will just be a weekend deal.
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The lines are short today and all the lanes are open. IMHO, this past weekend was a giant screw-up by the CBP. Tragically, an elderly woman died in a
car trapped in the horrendous lines. No way to turn around and bail, no emergency help, no bathrooms, you're trapped. Also, there have been reports of
cars running out of gas while waiting hours and hours longer than expected.
[Edited on 8-25-2020 by SFandH]
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