Immigration Officials Look to Increase Pedestrian Border Inspections at Tijuana Crossing Sandra Dibble - San Diego Union Tribune
go to original July 20, 2015

The door to Mexico at San Ysidro's southbound pedestrian crossing. Mexico is preparing to step up immigration inspections when it opens its port of entry. (Sandra Dibble)

Mexican immigration officials are preparing to ramp up inspections of U.S. citizens and other foreigners entering the country on foot, requiring those crossing from San Ysidro to show travel documents such as a U.S. passport or passport card.

The head of Mexico’s National Migration Institute in Baja California, Rodulfo Figueroa, said that the new push will begin by September with the expected opening of a new building housing Mexican immigration and customs inspections stations at the Tijuana pedestrian entry.

Figueroa said that the measures will be enforced gradually, and inspectors will be sensitive to the flow of people entering the country.

“We will do everything we can to make the transition as seamless as possible,” Figueroa said. “People should not be panicking about this. We’re not going to create a four-hour southbound wait.”

The measures should not be that much of a burden on most U.S. citizens, as they are already expected to show passports or other valid travel documents when re-entering the United States.

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