Does CBP Ask Us About Wait Times?
[QUOTE=Rambo1969;2656100]Does anyone know how CBP knows / measures the wait times for pedestrian entrance?
I doubt they ask people.[/QUOTE]I've been driving in once a week for 15 years, and they've asked me two or three times.
Does CBP Ask Us About Wait Times?
Before CoVid, agents sometimes would ask pedestrians how long they waited, allegedly to find ways to speed up the lines, but estimate wait time in CBP's site is not updated frequently enough, is unreliable and a joke. Same for the car lanes.
Drove back 1 AM late Wednesday night, early Thursday morning. All SENTRI lanes were reduced down to 1 lane with half a dozen CBP agents standing in front of multiple layers of concrete barriers, with automatic weapons, drugs-sniffing dogs, spike sticks. The scene was very highly unusual for SENTRI lanes and was obvious that agents were waiting for some bad dudes.
Soon enough agents pulled over 2 consecutive cars in front of mine, had them park within the US territory, had a dog sniff all around and started their searches. They did not stop my car or other; looked like they found their targets. If there were any shooting, the whole area was packed with cars in line before the booths, but no pedestrians at that hour. It could be very bloody. I am guessing CBP is doing arrest out in the open, not in secondary inspection building, as desperate rogue smugglers could ram their cars through various lanes, even with blocking steel poles.
The CBP agent at the only SENTRI lane asked me if I had anything to declare and waved me through quickly.
I have seen a woman in her SUV in secondary inspection with her old mother and a bunch of children, babies. Apparently CBP found contrabands. The whole group was arrested and taken into the building. She and her old mother would be implicated if they found any controlled substance and face about 10 years in Club Fed. She would lose custody of her children after the sentence. It's sad how these people are stupid enough to risk 10 years in prison just to make a little money.
Does anyone know how CBP knows / measures the wait times for pedestrian entrance?
I doubt they ask people.
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