GOP lawmakers are announcing Thursday legislation to force the Department of Homeland Security to restore northern border crossings to the hours they had before the government shuttered them for the pandemic.
The bill comes after Customs and Border Protection announced it would keep shortened hours at several ports of entry, saying a recent 120-day test found there just isn’t enough traffic to return to the old schedule.
That leaves situations in which someone can enter Canada from the U.S. 24 hours a day, but the American side shuts down at 10 p.m. and doesn’t reopen until 6 a.m. Other ports close in the afternoon on the U.S. side, while the Canadian side is open into the night. He was joined in the legislation by other northern border Republicans, including Sens. Mike Crapo of Idaho, John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota and Steve Daines of Montana, and Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, Russ Fulcher of Idaho, Ryan Zinke of Montana and Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota.
“It’s important to many North Dakotans and our state’s economy that ports of entry with Canada are accessible,” he said.On Wednesday, it said it is keeping the longer hours at three crossings while going back to the shorter hours at the other three.Even under the expanded hours, the Porthill crossing into Idaho is only open 12 hours a day. But travelers can go back through Canada’s Rykerts crossing 16 hours a day.
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