Blair Perkins, 39, of Dallas, had seen the news about the shutdown of Global Entry before she left Cancun to return home Sunday morning to Dallas. She said after she and her friends arrived at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport that the regular line was long but moved fairly fast.
“We went around about four or five different corners to get to the end of the U.S. line,” she said.
With Global Entry, it usually takes less than five minutes to get through customs. she said. Sunday, it took about 30 minutes.
Perkins said the shutdown was frustrating. “It feels like Washington is using travelers as a pawn to try to, I guess, persuade the other side to do what they want,” she said.
Hmmm