System promises quicker border crossings
Mon, 10/04/2010 - 12:01am
In San Luis, Lurcero Cortez, right, and her grandmother get help from a Customs and Border Protection officer entering an application for a program intended to help people with U.S. government approval pass quickly through border ports.
(Rebekah Zemansky • CRONKITE NEWS SERVICE)
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SAN LUIS — Jorge Quintero patiently works through screen after screen of personal questions about his background, residency and employment.
There are 16 sections — and once he answers all the questions for himself, he will start again for his wife and their two children.
It’s a time-consuming process, but if it works it will save time for Quintero and others who now spend hours each week waiting to cross the border.
“This is an opportunity to spend less time in the line,” he said.
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Looks like the slow precedure of getting through the slow border crossings
will speed up with this new method. I congratulate those who made this
possible.