Abaninzi bayakhawuleza ukufumana amaxwebhu okundwendwela

Ukugcwalisa isicelo eposini eMidway Drive eSan Diego kwiveki ephelileyo, uFernando De Santiago wayengomnye wabathengi bemizuzu yokugqibela ababekhe balungiselela ukufumana ipasipoti okanye ikhadi lepaspoti ngoJuni.

Nangona uhambo lokuya eUnited States beluphantsi kwemithetho engqingqwa kangangexesha elithile, umgaqo omtsha okhaba ngoJuni 1 uya kwenza kube kanye imihla yokuhamba ngokungaqhelekanga, ngaphandle kwamaxwebhu ukuya nokubuya eMexico kwimemori ekude kubemi base-US.

Xa ubuya kumhlaba okanye kumazibuko olwandle okungena usuka eMexico, eCanada, eBermuda naseCaribbean, abemi baseMelika bayakucelwa ukuba bangenise incwadana yokundwendwela okanye elinye lamaxwebhu amkelweyo: ikhadi lepasipoti, ikhadi lomhambi "elithembekileyo" njenge Ukupasa kwe-SENTRI, okanye ilayisensi yokuqhuba eyonyuswe ngetekhnoloji yerediyo, ekhutshwe kwamanye amazwe kodwa hayi eCalifornia.

Utshintsho, oluyinxalenye yento ebizwa ngokuba yi-Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, luphuma kumthetho wezokhuseleko kuzwelonke owamiselwa kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo. Iipaspoti zazifuneka kubahambi bomoya ababuya ngaphakathi kummandla ngoJanuwari 2007.

Ukuqala ngoJanuwari wonyaka ophelileyo, abahambi abaneminyaka eli-19 nangaphezulu bangena ngomhlaba okanye ngolwandle kuye kwafuneka babonise ubungqina bokuba ngabemi, njengokuzalwa okanye isatifikethi sokwenzelwa umhlaba, kunye nesazisi esikhutshwe ngurhulumente. Izibhengezo zomlomo zobumi, ixesha elide njengesiqhelo kubakhenkethi ababuya eBaja California, baba yinto yexesha elidlulileyo.

Ngokumiliselwa kokugqibela kwelinge lokuhamba, amaphepha-mvume okuqhuba akhutshwe ngurhulumente, amakhadi okuchonga kunye nezatifikethi zokuzalwa ayizukuwamkeleka amaxwebhu kubahambi abaneminyaka eli-16 nangaphezulu, nangona izatifikethi zokuzalwa kunye nokwamkelwa kwendalo zisamkelekile kubantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka eli-16. Umthetho omtsha uphumelele ' Ichaphazela abahlali ngokusemthethweni, ngokusisigxina.

Kwiposi yaseMidway Drive, ethatha uhambo lokufaka abafake izicelo zokundwendwela, imigca inde kunesiqhelo isithuba esingangenyanga, utshilo uSusana Valenton, unobhala owamkela ipaspoti.

"Nge-8: 45, sele sinomgca omde," utshilo uValenton.

UDe Santiago, 42, ummi wase-US iminyaka eli-15, uthe ulinde de kwaba ngumzuzu wokugqibela kuba ebengenaso isidingo esingxamisekileyo sepasipoti- de waqonda ukuba umthetho omtsha uza kuchaphazela iholide yakhe ecwangcisiweyo ngoJuni ukuya eMexico. Zacatecas, apho wazalelwa khona.

“Khange ndicwangcise uhambo,” utshilo uDe Santiago ngelixa ebhala iinkcukacha zakhe ezisisicelo sakhe kwikhadi lepaspoti. Ngaphandle koko, ngendingayenzanga le nto. ”

UDe Santiago, oceba ukubhabha aye eZacatecas esuka eTijuana, akahambi kakhulu, ngenxa yoko ukhethe ikhadi lepasipoti elingabizi mali ininzi, into entsha enokusetyenziswa kuphela kumazibuko omhlaba nawolwandle xa babuya kwiintlanga ezigqunywe inyathelo. Ikhadi lixabisa i-45 yeedola, ngelixa incwadi yepaspoti yemveli ibiza i-100 leedola. Ikhadi alinakusetyenziselwa ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya.

NgokweSebe likaRhulumente wase-US, baninzi abantu abaphethe ipasipoti yase-US ngoku kunango-2002, nge-19% kuphela yabemi base-US ababenayo. Namhlanje, iipesenti ezingama-30 zabemi base-US baneepasipoti. Okwangoku, ngaphezulu kwe-1 yezigidi zamakhadi epasipoti akhutshiwe okoko imveliso yaqala ngehlobo elidlulileyo.

Xa kwabhengezwa imimiselo emitsha yokuhamba ngo-2005, kwabakho inkxalabo evela kumashishini kumacala omabini omda wase-US-Mexico malunga nemigca emide eya kwicala lasentla kunye noxinzelelo lokhenketho kwicala lasezantsi.

Abahlali baseTijuana, abemi base-US phakathi kwabo, baya kwimisebenzi eSan Diego County, ngelixa i-Baja California kudala iyindawo yokundwendwela iindwendwe ezivela kwi-Southern California nangaphaya.

Ngaphezulu konyaka emva kokuba kuqale ukusebenza kobungqina bokuba ngummi, kubekho iingxaki ezimbalwa kunokuba bezisoyikwa, utshilo u-Angelika Villagrana, umlawuli olawulayo womgaqo-nkqubo woluntu weSan Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.

"Kubekho ulwazi oluninzi, ndiyacinga," utshilo. "Kuba bayiqale kancinci kancinci, bengahambi kwanto ukuya kwiziqinisekiso zokuzalwa, abantu abawela kakhulu bayayiqhela."

UVillagrana uthe ishishini lokuhamba lenze ukufikelela ngempumelelo, nangona kusekho abakhenkethi abangakwaziyo ukuwela baye eMexico kuba bengenazo iimpepha ezifanelekileyo zokubuyela.

Oku kuyaqhubeka ukukhathaza abathengisi eBaja California, apho ishishini lezokhenketho liye lanyanzelwa bubundlobongela beziyobisi, uqoqosho lwehlabathi kwaye kutsha nje umkhuhlane weehagu, othe wanciphisa uqoqosho lwaseMexico kulenyanga njengoko urhulumente wayefudula esiba nentsholongwane. .

Umthetho wobungqina bobumi awuncedanga, utshilo u-Antonio Tapia Hernandez, umlawuli we-Tijuana Chamber of Commerce.

"Yenze ukungaqiniseki," utshilo uTapia. "Ngaba ndiyayifuna okanye andiyifuni? Ngaba ndiza kuvalelwa okanye ndiza kuba neengxaki xa ndibuya? ' Amaxwebhu ayafuneka, kokukhona abantu bewela ukuwela. ”

Amasiko aseMelika kunye noKhuseleko lweMida bathi kwiveki ephelileyo bebengalindelanga imigca emide kunesiqhelo ekhokelela eSan Diego County ngoJuni 1.

"Abantu abaninzi banamaxwebhu athobela i-WHTI, imigca iyakukhawuleza," utshilo uVince Bond, isithethi searhente. "Ikhawulezisa yonke inkqubo."
UBond uthe abahambi abangenawo amaxwebhu afanelekileyo kodwa abangarhanelwa ngobuqhetseba abayi kujikwa. Amagosa ezorhwebo asele kwaye aya kuqhubeka nokuhambisa uluhlu lweeflaya ukuba ngawaphi amaxwebhu amkelekileyo.

Kulo nyaka, kufakelwe izixhobo eSan Ysidro Port of Entry ukuze kufundwe iinkcukacha zabahambi ngeetshipsi ezihamba rhoqo kumakhadi epasipoti, i-SENTRI kunye nezinye iipasile zabahambi ezithembakeleyo, kunye neelayisensi zokuqhuba “eziphuculweyo” ezikhutshwa eWashington, Michigan, Vermont naseNew York.