SAN DIEGO ( Border Report ) — Another “security filter” will be installed at a San Diego-Tijuana port of entry where northbound border commuters must show their legal documents to Tijuana police or Mexican Customs officers.
This one will be operational beginning 2025 at Otay Mesa, according to Pedro Montejo Peterson, Tijuana’s Secretary of Economic Development.
“We just held a meeting on Tuesday with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and showed them how at the first filter we installed at San Ysidro, we have not had any instances of undocumented migrants trying to unlawfully enter the U.S.,” Montejo Peterson said. “We’re trying to have the filters on all lanes at San Ysidro and now at Otay.”
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Currently, CBP officers conduct these preliminary document checks to prevent anyone without legal status from approaching the actual inspection gates.
Montejo Peterson believes the U.S. officers would be better deployed to the actual gates as a way to open more traffic lanes and thus expediting crossing times.