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San Diego – U.S. Customs and Border Protection will extend by one hour operations in SENTRI lanes at San Diego area border stations for a three-week period beginning March 11. This is in response to California’s earlier change to daylight savings time ahead of Baja California, Mexico. During this three-week period there will be a one-hour time difference between California and Baja California, Mexico.

Hours of operation at the four SENTRI vehicle lanes at the San Ysidro port of entry will begin at 4 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and will close at 1 a.m. PDT daily from March 11 through March 31 to allow travelers in Mexico an additional hour of service. The SENTRI program, or Secure Electronic Network for Traveler’s Rapid Inspection, allows pre-approved border crossers a faster means of vehicle processing.

The single SENTRI lane at the Otay Mesa passenger port will open daily at 5 a.m. and will close at 9 p.m. both PDT Monday through Friday, and at 1 a.m. PDT on weekends and holidays during the three-week period when Mexican clocks will be one hour behind those in California.

No change will occur to general use vehicle lane operations at both ports because they are open 24-hours daily.

Hours of operation for passenger processing at the Tecate, Calexico and Andrade border stations will not change during the three-week period, officials said.

Commercial cargo processing operations at area facilities will be modified to minimize disruptions for cargo trucks. A Port Information Notice has been issued to the trade announcing the time changes, which vary by port.

Passenger Port Hours	U.S. Time	Mexico Time
San Ysidro Vehicle Lanes	24-hour	24-hour
San Ysidro SENTRI	4 a.m.-1 a.m.	3 a.m.-midnight
Otay Mesa Veh. Lanes	24-hour	24-hour
Otay Mesa SENTRI Monday-Friday Weekends/Holidays	5 a.m. - 9 p.m. 5 a.m. - 1 a.m.	4 a.m.-8 p.m. 4 a.m.-midnight
Tecate	5 a.m. - 11 p.m.	4 a.m.-10 p.m.
Calexico Veh. Lanes (downtown)	24-hour	24-hour
Calexico SENTRI (downtown) Monday – Friday Weekends	6 a.m.-9 p.m. 8 a.m.-10 p.m.	5 a.m.-8 p.m. 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Calexico (east)	6 a.m.-10 p.m.	5 a.m.-9 p.m.
Andrade	6 a.m.-10 p.m.	5 a.m.-9 p.m.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.