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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
There's little doubt that is someone is trying to smuggle someone or something, sitting in line for a long time is going to raise their anxiety level.
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Yeah...Everybody has heard some of their stupid, senseless questions like, "Where do you live" or whatever. They don't really care where you live.
They just want to hear how you answer the question. If you show any anxiety, they feel you may be ready for a closer look. |
----asking "stupid, senseless questions"???? and then you go on to justify why they do that???? (which is a good reason, and SOP law enforcement, in
my book.)
So, Dennis, are they doing their job, or not, in YOUR opinion??? and if so, why do you seem to redicule them??? surely you don't resent them, do
you? (for doing their job)
Inquiring minds are confused by your statement----------
Barry
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BajaNews
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Construction begins at San Diego border crossing
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jVP23FZmGY...
By ELLIOT SPAGAT (AP)
SAN DIEGO — The federal government has begun replacing the nation's busiest border crossing, promising shorter waits into California for tens of
thousands of people who enter daily from Tijuana, Mexico.
The $577 million blueprint unveiled Thursday calls for increasing the number of lanes into San Diego to 30 from 24 and equipping each lane with two
inspection booths instead of one. Six existing lanes into Tijuana will be moved slightly to the west.
Construction is scheduled to finish in September 2015, though the date hinges on money. Congress has funded about half — $293 million — none of it
from the federal stimulus package.
Waiting times for the 50,000 vehicles that enter San Diego daily often reach two hours, clogging Tijuana roads. And as the Mexican government has
beefed up inspections for guns and cash this year, motorists can wait more than an hour on California Interstates 5 and 805 to enter Tijuana.
Waits for California-bound motorists will drop significantly, but it's too early to say by how much, said Oscar Preciado, the program manager for U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
The first phase, beginning this month, calls for an 800-foot pedestrian bridge that crosses Interstate 5. It is expected to be finished by June 2011.
Critics said the design is unfriendly to pedestrians, who will still have only one entry to Mexico, on the west side of Interstate 5. Pedestrians
leaving the San Diego Trolley's last stop on the east side of the highway must walk across the bridge. Under the new design, government officials say
that walk will be about 200 yards longer.
The General Services Administration said it is negotiating with Mexico to add a pedestrian entry to Tijuana on the east side of the highway.
"It's not a question of if, it's a question of how and when it will happen," said Anthony Kleppe, asset manager in the GSA's Pacific Rim region.
Vehicle lanes will be partially closed late evenings for short periods when the bridge is being built, authorities said. In the worst case, all
Mexico-bound lanes will be closed at night for a week and motorists will be directed five miles east to San Diego's other border crossing with
Tijuana.
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The Gull
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
The "trump was stop people from crossing not to help them!!! |
I don't get it. What does Donald Trump have to do with the border crossing construction?
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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