Traffic Snarled at U.S. Border Crossings
From Times Staff Reports
Tightened security because of terrorist attacks in the U.S. caused huge traffic jams at the American border as U.S. agents braced for a possible border closure.
All the main border crossings were open hours after the attacks, but Customs and other agents were rushed to the 2,100-mile frontier.
The normally unarmed U.S. officers at the border were joined by Border Patrol agents toting automatic rifles, and Immigration and Naturalization Service officers in El Paso wore white bulletproof vests.
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