If passed, the 'Make Nexus Work Act,' introduced by Democrat Rep. Brian Higgins, would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to rely on video teleconferencing instead of in-person interviews.
A New York congressman wants to add some Zoom to the sluggish effort to clear a bilateral backlog of Nexus trusted-traveller applications.
Higgins says that thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, a 2021 pilot project showed the agency is already well-equipped to use remote interviews to handle Nexus renewals. A new workaround, announced earlier this month, splits the joint interview process into two separate meetings -- one with Canadian border officials, the other with their U.S. counterparts.
Both agencies are also experimenting with a process that allows separate in-person interviews to take place on opposite sides of selected Canada-U.S. land entry points.
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