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Businesses assured border traffic will continue to flow: Homeland reps suggest the use of commuter passes. (Security).

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 24-MAR-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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No, it is not true that the U.S.-Mexico border will close to northbound travelers or that traffic will be reduced to just a few lanes if the United States moves from orange, a high risk of terrorism, to red, a severe risk level.

On the morning before the United States began bombing Iraq, rumors were flying among customs brokers, maquiladora managers, and others doing business along the border about how tighter security would restrict movement across the border.

While preventing terrorism is the top priority for the nation's new Department of Homeland Security, local representatives are assuring the border business community that traffic will continue to be relatively free-flowing.

"We are not reducing lanes. We are not closing ports of entry," said Adele Fasano, interim...

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