CBP Offers Tips to Travelers Crossing the US-Mexico Border This Holiday Season Dan Santella - The Monitor
go to original November 27, 2013

Travelers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border this holiday season should plan to spend extra time at inspection stations, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release.

With more people expected to travel across border this season, the CBP announced a list of ten holiday travel tips to help make the border crossing process easier.

Those include preparing for inspections in advance by having documents handy, keeping off cell phones at ports of entry and declaring all required items.

Travelers are also encouraged to build extra time into their trips if they cross when traffic is heavy and to consider alternate, less busy, bridges. The CBP website provides monitoring of border wait times.

Travelers can keep updated on prohibited items to bring across the border via the “Know Before You Go” section of CBP’s website. Those traveling from Mexico to the U.S. beyond the border zone can get I-94 travel documents in advance from ports of entry to bypass lines when they formally enter the country.

Authorities said they would work to keep traffic moving.

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