Saturday, August 17, 2019

US Customs and Border Protection says systems are being restored after earlier outage snarled international arrivals at airports


U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday evening that systems around the country were being restored after an earlier outage prevented U.S. immigration officials from processing thousands of arriving passengers during a busy summer travel day.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the problem at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, but the agency said it will continue investigating. There was no indication that the system was intentionally derailed, according to a CPB official.
CBP officers used “alternative procedures” to process travelers arriving from abroad, the agency said. Read more at: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/16/computer-issue-snarls-immigration-processing-at-airports-around-the-us.html

Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney, for more information.

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