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 News from Around the Americas | September 2007 
New Entry Checks Mean Longer Lines to Enter US
 Matt Pitts - Associated Press
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Stepped-up inspections at the Canadian and Mexican borders are producing longer lines for people entering the U.S. Renewed checks of ID's for people entering the U.S. - even if they're American citizens - are nearly as bad as they were right after Nine-Eleven.
At the Blue Water Bridge at Port Huron, Michigan, the Canadian government went so far as to place portable toilets on its side to deal with the delays. At the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, wait times averaged 23 minutes in August, up from 15 minutes in January.
On the Mexican border, a trade group complained to Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff to order a stop to the more detailed checks, lest they choke off trade. A spokeswoman says Chertoff did not order the new checks, but did not answer when asked who did. |
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