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Tips, lies, and the Linkery
I wonder if he'll still be importing $7-a-litre Baja olive oil, repackaging it, and selling it for nearly $40 a litre.— September 3, 2013 10:18 a.m.
Document readers installed at San Ysidro border crossing
I crossed over on foot for the first time since they re-did the lines. Mexico has done what they can to make it obvious. ReadyLane and SENTRI are on the right and general crossing is on the left. Once you get to where the new entry to Mexico comes out (its own horrible fustercluck), there are green and white lanes painted on the sidewalk. The problem is that the stores jut out into the sidewalk, so there isn't room yet for three lanes. (They're working on reclaiming some of the street, according to a municipal policeman and a shopkeeper I talked to.) At about noon on Sunday, the line for the regular inspection snaked all the way past the shops, up the hill, looped around, and headed toward the shuttle departure area and the railroad. Horrendous. But the ReadyLane line was only backed up to the first set of shops, and looked about half an hour long. Well worth spending the $45 or whatever on that passport card while we wait for California to implement Enhanced Driver Licensing. If you have SENTRI, you'll need to work your way past everyone ("tengo SENTRI, tengo SENTRI, con permiso...") because there's literally no line for SENTRI. One positive thing: the inspectors in the SENTRI line call ReadyLane people when there's no one for SENTRI.— September 3, 2013 9:46 a.m.