US to Open New Port of Entry Facility in Southern California

Border apprehensions have dropped by more than 95 percent, according to CBP numbers.

People enter the United States at the border with Mexico in San Diego on June 8, 2019. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has finalized a multimillion-dollar agreement for a new border entry port in Southern California, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT).

“An agreement has been executed for a $150 million federal grant to construct a new road and Port of Entry facility for the San Diego-Baja California border region (Otay Mesa),” DOT said in an April 15 statement.