‘Devastating’ wait times at Mexico border strain California small businesses

This story was originally published by CalMatters, nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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Government agencies are spending billions of dollars to improve wait times at the U.S.-Mexico border, but the checkpoints remain severely clogged — and border communities are hurting.

In recent months lines at the border often stretched for several hours, frustrating more than 150,000 students, cross-border families...