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mainer

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1. Global Entry lines actually RELIEVE personnel of work

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:44 PM

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Passengers zip through it using electronic kiosks, and a single CBP agent can screen many more passengers this way. It makes no sense to shut it down, except to annoy passengers.

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Trump facing pressure to restore Global Entry program [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Global Entry lines actually RELIEVE personnel of work mainer Yesterday #1

It's obvious why they're doing this EuterpeThelo Yesterday #2

It is also liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #4

They could move all those "Customs and Border Protection" employees to the actual border muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #3