Wait times at U.S.-Mexico border soar as officers are reassigned to deal with migrants

The McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge in McAllen, Tex., on April 4. Wait times at U.S. points of entry on the border with Mexico have increased dramatically in recent days. Wait times at the ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border have soared as the Trump administration diverts officers to handle an influx of immigrants, leaving trucks backed up for hours and industry leaders warning of possible produce shortages and supply-chain interruptions.

On Monday, cargo trucks waited up to two hours to cross the bridge from Mexico into Brownsville, Tex., a city that had no delays at this time last year. On El Paso’s Bridge of the Americas, cars and SUVs idled for 160 minutes, up from 45 minutes a year ago. Southern California’s Otay Mesa cargo processing section took 270 minutes to push trucks through its crossing this week, up from 50 minutes last year.

“Just waiting,” he said, after driving a produce-filled truck into California. “You have nothing to do.” “Our intention is not to slow down commerce, it’s to provide some relief to what’s going on at the border,” the official said. Cars line up as they wait to be inspected by U.S. Border Patrol officers at the San Ysidro point of entry, in Tijuana, Mexico on Sunday. The slowdowns at the border have come as the Department of Homeland Security has faced political upheaval amid a record surge of migrants that included apprehensions topping 100,000 last month.

“That’s the concern,” said Neil Bradley, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “We’re getting closer to that point.”

To ease the cost every Liberal Dem should offer to house 4 or 5 of the immigrants. Maybe Bernie's lakefront Vermont homes would suffice.

WaPo looks for a less slippery part of the slope.

Caos at the border, courtesy of Trump!🙄🙄🙄👎👎👎

The problem is that Trump has reduced the number of border agents at the ports of entry. This is a manufactured problem.

...as officers handle surge of invading criminal illegal alien takers.

NickMiroff CloseTheBorder BuildTheWall ReportAndDeport

Open borders democrats are responsible

If Trump would stop hindering the asylum process immigrants would not have to seek illegal entry into the USA. Trump is purposefully delaying entry at legal ports to raise support for his border wall

Oh well!

They need to do what Chick fil A does, open another drive through

Maybe they’ll stop coming?

First goes the broccoli!

Democrats: We planned and funded the walls built last year. Democrats: Walls are immoral.

Lol oh well

This is what happens when a small city crosses the border illegally every month.

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