Expect Slowed Trade Processing on Southern Border Due to Shifting Personnel, McAleenan Says
CBP will be redirecting 750 officers from Ports of Entry to help the agency deal with illegal border crossings, CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said March 27. "There will be impacts to traffic at the border," according to a CBP transcript…
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from a CBP press conference in El Paso. "There will be a slowdown in the processing of trade, there will be wait time increases in our pedestrian and passenger vehicle lanes," he said. McAleenan said "every field office, all four, Laredo, El Paso, Tucson, and San Diego will all be providing CBP officers to support our border patrol in this mission."