President Biden has declared the pandemic over, but some of the country’s northern border crossings into Canada have been slow to get the word.
Many of the country’s ports of entry along the northern boundary are still running on pandemic-shortened schedules. Now a bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Idaho Republican Sen. James E. Risch, say it’s time to get things back to their full pre-COVID operating hours.That creates bizarre mismatches like the crossing between Raymond, Montana, and Regway, Saskatchewan, where people can go from the U.S. to Canada 24 hours a day, but are out of luck if they want to enter the U.S. between 10 p.m.
“The mismatched and uncoordinated hours are causing confusion and frustration across the northern border,” Mr. Risch and fellow lawmakers wrote in a letter to CBP asking for changes. Border officials have been pushing for more than a year to fully reopen the ports of entry. They grew optimistic when Canada announced it would resume regular hours of operation along its border, and hoped Mr. Biden’s move to end the pandemic emergency in the U.S. as of May 11 would signal a reopening here.
“For several years, CBP has documented a reduction in privately owned vehicle and pedestrian traffic at some POEs along its northern border, with some ports having permanently reduced operational hours prior to 2019.
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