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CBP Operations Director Randy Howe describes wait times at border ports of entry have gone up significantly because CBP agents have been reassigned to help deal with the influx of migrants at the southern border, @EllieCKaufman reports from Senate hearing.
2/ As a result, cargo trucks and shipping trucks are waiting for longer periods of time and having a harder time getting through, which negatively impacts “the entire nation,” Howe said.
3/ "In El Paso, Texas just yesterday, passenger vehicle wait times at the bridge of the Americas were as long as 160 minutes. The peak time last year same day was 45 minutes. The situation is even more dire in our cargo processing...
4/ "Last year, wait times for cargo processing in El Paso were less than 15 minutes, Yesterday, wait times were as long as 250 minutes, that's about four hours. At the end of the day, 63 trucks were not processed. This is the direct result of the 545 CBP officers being reassigned
5/"...to assist the border patrol of the care and custody of the surging numbers of migrants. I cannot overstate the importance of these operations. The border security humanitarian crisis at the southwest border has ripple effects that impact the entire nation."
