February 3, 2016 The Honorable R. Gil KerlikowskeCommissioner U.. Cus!oms an" #or"er $ro!e%!ion&e'ar!men! o( Homelan" e%uri!y1300 $ennsyl)ania *)e., +ashin-!on, &C 2022 &ear Commissioner Kerlikowske/ Thank you (or your %on!inue" lea"ershi' o( U.. Cus!oms an" #or"er $ro!e%!ion C#$. Re%en!ly, !he a-en%ys a-reemen! !o en!er in!o a 'ubli%'ri)a!e 'ar!nershi' wi!h &ell, 4n%. !o (un"a""i!ional hours o( o'era!ion (or sou!hboun" %ommer%ial !ra((i% wen! in!o e((e%! a! !he an!a Teresa $or! o( 5n!ry $5. To en%oura-e businesses !o !ake a")an!a-e o( e7!en"e" hours, we woul" a''re%ia!e !ha! all C#$ in(orma!ional ma!erials re(le%! !his %han-e an" be ma"e a)ailable !o !he 'ubli%. ou!hern +ew 8e7i%o is a (as!-rowin- in!erna!ional !ra"e %en!er, an" !his a""i!ional %a'a%i!y allows i! !o %on!inue !o e7'an". Re%en! (e"eral an" 'ri)a!e in)es!men!s a! !he an!a Teresa $5 surroun"in- areas ha)e hel'e" e7'an" an" im'ro)e !he e((i%ien%y o( !ra"e alon- !he +ew 8e7i%oChihuahua in!erna!ional bor"er. *""i!ionally, a 2019 U. Commer%e &e'ar!men! s!u"y re'or!e" !ha! +ew 8e7i%o le" all U.. s!a!es in -oo"s e7'or! 'er%en!a-e -row!h !o 8e7i%o an" is !he (as!es!-rowin- s!a!e in !he %oun!ry (or :obs rela!e" !o in!erna!ional e7'or!s. To buil" on !his momen!um, we mus! ensure e((i%ien! !ra"e alon- !he bor"er, ease (u!ure (low o( !ra((i% in !he years !o %ome, an" kee' our 'or!s o( en!ry o'era!in- a! (ull %a'a%i!y. To !his en", weres'e%!(ully re;ues! !ha! you e7!en" !he week"ay hours o( o'era!ion (or nor!hboun" %ommer%ial !ra((i% !o ali-n wi!h !he re%en! e7'ansion o( sou!hboun" hours. e also ask !ha!, u'on !he !ermina!ion o( !he 'ubli%'ri)a!e 'ar!nershi' wi!h &ell, C#$ 'ermanen!ly e7!en" bo!h nor!h boun" an" sou!hboun" %ommer%ial hours (rom < a.m. un!il mi"ni-h! on week"ays. Finally, we re;ues! !ha! hours be e7!en"e" !o 29 hours 'er "ay (or 'e"es!rian an" 'ri)a!ely owne" )ehi%le $= !ra((i% an" !ha! you work wi!h !he 8e7i%an -o)ernmen! !o ensure i! main!ains %orres'on"in- hours. 57!en"in- !he hours a! an!a Teresa $5 woul" %rea!e numerous bene(i!s (or !he bor"er re-ion an" na!ion. The a""i!ional %a'a%i!y woul" hel' in%rease bila!eral !ra"e, -row our e%onomy, an" %rea!e new :obs. The e7!en"e" hours woul" also enable !ra((i% !ha! %urren!ly %rosses in 5l $aso, Te7as, !o !ra)el !hrou-h +ew 8e7i%o, !hereby re"u%in- hea)y %on-es!ion an" lon- wai! !imes.
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Udall and Heinrich Urge Customs and Border Protection to Expand Hours of Operation at Santa Teresa Port of Entry
Cargado por Tom Udall
U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich wrote to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection urging him to extend the hours of operation for northbound commercial traffic at t…Descripción completa