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U.S.
Customs
and
Border
Protection’s
(CBP)
Detroit
Field
Office
reminds
all
travelers
that
land
border
crossings
are
closed
to all
non-essential
travelers
until
July 21,
2021.
All
essential
travelers,
to
include
returning
U.S.
citizens
and
lawful
permanent
residents,
and
those
engaged
in
commercial
trade,
are
permitted
to cross
into the
United
States.
(Photo
by
CBP-Detroit
Field
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U.S.
customs
vehicles
stand
near a
sign
reading
that the
border
is
closed
to
non-essential
traffic,
at the
Canada-United
States
border
crossing
at the
Thousand
Islands
Bridge,
to
combat
the
spread
of the
coronavirus
disease
(COVID-19)
in
Lansdowne,
Ontario,
Canada
September
28,
2020.
(REUTERS/Lars
Hagberg/File
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U.S.
extends
travel
restrictions
at
Canada,
Mexico
land
borders
through
July 21
By David
Shepardson
reuters.com
WASHINGTON,
- U.S.
land
borders
with
Canada
and
Mexico
will
remain
closed
to
non-essential
travel
until at
least
July 21,
the U.S.
Homeland
Security
Department
said on
Sunday.
The
30-day
extension
came
after
Canada
announced
its own
extension
on
Friday
of the
requirements
that
were set
to
expire
on
Monday
and have
been in
place
since
March
2020
because
of the
coronavirus
pandemic.
The U.S.
government
held
working-group
meetings
with
Canada
and
Mexico
on the
travel
restrictions
last
week and
plans to
hold
meetings
about
every
two
weeks,
U.S.
officials
told
Reuters.
Homeland
Security
said in
a
statement
it noted
"positive
developments
in
recent
weeks
and is
participating
with
other
U.S.
agencies
in the
White
House’s
expert
working
groups
with
Canada
and
Mexico
to
identify
the
conditions
under
which
restrictions
may be
eased
safely
and
sustainably."
Some
U.S.
lawmakers
and
border
communities
that
have
been hit
hard by
the
restrictions
have
pushed
to relax
them
ahead of
the busy
summer
travel
season.
Canada
is also
under
pressure
from
companies
and the
tourism
industry
to ease
the ban,
which
was
imposed
to help
contain
the
spread
of the
coronavirus
and has
been
renewed
on a
monthly
basis
since
March
2020.
Canadian
Prime
Minister
Justin
Trudeau
stood
firm,
saying
last
week the
border
would
stay
largely
shut
until
75% of
Canadians
had
received
the
first of
a
two-dose
coronavirus
vaccine
and 20%
had been
given
both
shots.
In talks
between
the
United
States
and
Canada
last
week,
the U.S.
government
did not
endorse
setting
a
specific
threshold
to
trigger
lifting
the
restrictions,
a person
briefed
on the
talks
said.
"The
inability
of the
U.S. and
Canadian
governments
to reach
an
agreement
on
alleviating
border
restrictions
... is
simply
unacceptable,"
Democratic
Representative
Brian
Higgins
and
Republican
Representative
Bill
Huizenga,
co-chairs
of the
Canada-U.S.
Interparliamentary
Group
said on
Friday.
The
United
States
is also
holding
working-group
meetings
on
relaxing
travel
restrictions
with the
UK and
the
European
Union,
but U.S.
and
airline
officials
said
previously
they did
not
expect
the
Biden
administration
to lift
the
restrictions
until
around
July 4
at the
earliest.
Reporting
by David
Shepardson;
Editing
by Peter
Cooney
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