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| US customs and border protection systems down, airports nationwide affected | US customs and border protection systems down, airports nationwide affected |
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| Los Angeles, New York and Washington's international airports have their customs officers processing passengers documents manually due to the Customs and Border protection systems experiencing 'issues.' | Los Angeles, New York and Washington's international airports have their customs officers processing passengers documents manually due to the Customs and Border protection systems experiencing 'issues.' |
| The cause of the shutdown is yet unknown, with the agency saying they were working to identify the problem.Photos on social media showed huge lines of passengers at the airports waiting to be processed.John F. Kennedy Airport in New York said it was starting to use backup computers systems, adding that people were still being processed, “but slower.” | The cause of the shutdown is yet unknown, with the agency saying they were working to identify the problem.Photos on social media showed huge lines of passengers at the airports waiting to be processed.John F. Kennedy Airport in New York said it was starting to use backup computers systems, adding that people were still being processed, “but slower.” |
| Passengers reported that they’ve spent more than two hours standing in line at the Washington Dulles International Airport. | Passengers reported that they’ve spent more than two hours standing in line at the Washington Dulles International Airport. |
| CBP has confirmed tits processing systems have suffered a “temporary outage at various ports of entry” and said that it has taken “immediate action” to deal with the glitch. | |
| “CBP officers continue to process international travelers using alternative procedures until systems are back online,” the agency reported on Twitter. | |
| Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which experienced the failure of its processing systems as well, reported that the CBP hardware is back online. | |
| “CBP systems are back online and the backlog of passengers are being processed,” the airport reported on Twitter. | |
| Meanwhile, TMZ reported, citing a CBP source, that the agency has not detected any foul play. | |
| "There is no indication of nefarious activity at this time," the source said. | |
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