Mexican Immigration Agents to Begin Checking Documents of Travelers Heading Into California

Mexican Immigration Agents to Begin Checking Documents of Travelers Heading Into California
Mexican immigration officials walk to meet Haitian immigrants to stop them from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on Sept. 23, 2021. John Moore/Getty Images
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On Tuesday, Mexican immigration officers will begin checking the travel documents of anyone trying to enter the United States through the car lanes of the Ysidro Port of Entry between San Diego and Tijuana before they get into the United States. The officers, who are part of Mexico’s immigration agency, the Instituto Nacional de Migracion (INM), will also be working with local law enforcement in Tijuana and the Mexican National Guard.

It’s the start of a pilot program to speed up border crossings and give agents with United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the ability to put more focus on travel lanes that are currently used by regular commuters between the United States and Mexico.

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