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mtgoat666
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BORDER WAITS!!!! CBP AND GOVT DISFUNCTION!!!
Reporter’s notebook: We asked congressmembers what’s up with the long border waits
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-califo...
The trump legacy…
Tellingly, Darrell Issa could not be bothered…
Write your congressman! (Don’t bother to write Issa, I have tried, he does not do anything)
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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JZ
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I pulled right up to CPB booth last time I crossed. In Sentri.
So ZFG.
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On the topic of border waits, when I came back up through Mexicali about a week ago I was put into secondary because I had too much beer (12 cans). I
thought it was BS but just complied to go to secondary and poor half of them out.
Another tidbit of info on this story is that I had been operating on 2 dead starting batteries for the last 5 or 6 days and had to tie together with
my house batteries every time I started the van. This left me parked in an awkward location in secondary and having to explain my starting battery
situation to no less than 7 border folks.
After no action to process me for over 2 hours and seeing them start to process people that came in behind me I asked one of them if I was being
blackballed for some reason and that I just need to dump my beer and get out of the way. He went to talk to the supervisor and 5 minutes later came
back and just told me to do what I needed to do to start the van and be on my way.
They were severely understaffed and the system is seriously broken to make me sit there for 2 hours over 6 cans of beer (that I ended up now dumping
out after all). My hunch is that the 6 extra cans of beer aren't going to crush the US economy.
While I was peeed off, I remained very respectful and showed a great deal of empathy with the guy that helped me get out which he greatly appreciated.
There, I got that off my chest. Continue ....
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JZ
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You should have used that time to drink said beer, and let the misses drive.
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BajaMama
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Foreigners are crossing the border now and their vaccination status has to be checked. That may be adding more time. Who knows, I so Sentri which
was 1/2 hour at Mexicali West in June.
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Crossed Mexicali west today at 9 am, 7 minute wait.
When is the last time you crossed the border goat?
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JZ
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He doesn't actually go to Baja. Not anymore anyway.
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bajatrailrider
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Tecate Nov 16 north bound 11:30 am 25min
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Bob and Susan
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tecate nov 15th northbound 1pm 2hours and a half
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Thursday. November 18th around 7:30 PM, 3 minutes in the Sentri lane at San Ysidro.
Getting the Sentri (Global Entry) and having an electric remote controlled gate installed could be 2 of the top things I have ever done!
[Edited on 11-23-2021 by Howard]
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we grow old because we stop playing
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pjpvi
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The thought crossed my mind but I was solo and I still needed someone to process me out of secondary.
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queseyo
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20 minutes Mexicali East last Saturday 8AM, general entry lane. We planned our crossing to avoid the usual wait. I also had a 12 pack of Noche Buena
on board, glad we didn't think to declare it.
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David K
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3 beers per person (over 21) at California borders are allowed north of the line... or 1 qt of booze (a liter is OK). If you have out-of-state plates
and residency, they may not bug you?
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Don Pisto
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its the holidaze, TJ sentri backed up for miles, police have shut down all entrances. try Otay
there's only two things in life but I forget what they are........
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JZ
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About 10 years ago I took a boat through at Nogales.
Had to go to secondary. I got up on the boat with them. They opened a very large cooler and there were a handful of beers. One CBP officer goes,
"There is beer in here." Think he said it twice. And a 2nd guy poked his head in the cooler.
It surprised me, but no one seemed to care about his statement.
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torch
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new long wait time for me : 4 hrs 130 pm 11/23 san Ysidro
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Quote: Originally posted by pjpvi  | On the topic of border waits, when I came back up through Mexicali about a week ago I was put into secondary because I had too much beer (12 cans). I
thought it was BS but just complied to go to secondary and poor half of them out.
Another tidbit of info on this story is that I had been operating on 2 dead starting batteries for the last 5 or 6 days and had to tie together with
my house batteries every time I started the van. This left me parked in an awkward location in secondary and having to explain my starting battery
situation to no less than 7 border folks.
After no action to process me for over 2 hours and seeing them start to process people that came in behind me I asked one of them if I was being
blackballed for some reason and that I just need to dump my beer and get out of the way. He went to talk to the supervisor and 5 minutes later came
back and just told me to do what I needed to do to start the van and be on my way.
They were severely understaffed and the system is seriously broken to make me sit there for 2 hours over 6 cans of beer (that I ended up now dumping
out after all). My hunch is that the 6 extra cans of beer aren't going to crush the US economy.
While I was peeed off, I remained very respectful and showed a great deal of empathy with the guy that helped me get out which he greatly appreciated.
There, I got that off my chest. Continue ....[/rquot
That will cost you if you ever want to get a Global Entry. I was found with mango slices in my cooler heading north across the boarder. 8 years later
in my GE interview the mangos were brought up as a possible disqualification of my application for the trusted traveler program ie GE.
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Most of the border patrol have been sent elsewhere to baby sit the illegal entrants.
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RFClark
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Northbound last Tuesday afternoon 15mins East Calexico Ready lane! Southbound entry into Mexico had a line and the trucks were backed up over a mile
in the US!
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Last time I crossed north at Tecate (during the pandemic a couple years ago) it was 2.5 hours in the line. I would have been faster to swim the Rio
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