On June 24, 2020 US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a notification that the Secretary of Homeland Security had decided to continue to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Canada into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Canada border. Such travel will be limited to “essential travel,” as further defined in the document from 12:00 EDT June 23, 2020, until July 21, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. The notification does not apply to air, freight rail, or sea travel between the United States and Canada, but does apply to passenger rail, passenger ferry travel, and pleasure boat travel between the United States and Canada.
On the same date, CBP also published in the Federal Register a notification that the Secretary of Homeland Security had decided to continue to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Canada into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Mexico border. Such travel will be limited to “essential travel,” as further defined in the document from 12:00 EDT June 23, 2020, until July 21, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Operations should not interrupt legitimate trade between the two nations or disrupt critical supply chains that ensure food, fuel, medicine, and other critical materials reach individuals on both sides of the border. The notification does not apply to air, freight rail, or sea travel between the United States and Mexico, but does apply to passenger rail, passenger ferry travel, and pleasure boat travel between the United States and Mexico.
