the chaos erupting right at the heart of the summer travel season with fliers returning after long flights left waiting for hours with few answers we get late details this evening from ron allen reporter: tonight mounting frustration at airports coast to coast. this is crazy i ve been here three hours i ve never waited and i m an american i knew something was wrong when i went to the parking and it was really packed reporter: a nationwide outage of the customs system leaving travelers stuck waiting. from washington s to jfk in new york to dallas, crowds of anxious fliers left with few answers, some people choosing to sit out the mess in a statement u.s. customs and border protection saying it is experiencing a temporary outage with its processing system at various airports of entry and is taking immediate action to address the technology disruption. the agency adding cpb officers continue to process international travellers with alternative procedures until systems are back onl
and already working here. but when ngo s come in for the first time and they don t know anything about them, they do. i ve tried to get them to change this whole customs system. they should fast track emergency supplies. they should, and they shouldn t charge them any customs fees. it s not right. is that just trying to generate money for the government? it s what i call the chokehold theory of revenue. what do people have to use to get into haiti? they have to use the ports and the airports. and so that s where the money flows through. their normal revenue base has been destroyed. but they should not apply to the ngo s. when we can get the donor money flowing in here, they won t need that money so much any more 37 and i believe i ll be able to get them to abandon it. it s wrong, makes them look bad. a lot of the ngo s are convinced it is some sort of corruption scam. they can do it, but i want them
unless they re coordinated and working with you, it makes no sense. absolutely. a lot of ngo s are having problems when they re bringing in supplies, they re getting hit at customs with taxes or huge storage fees. we brought in $5,000 worth of equipment for building. and it wasn t preapproved so you had to pay a fee. a lot of ngo s say that happens, and the government gets the stoerjs money. the government does not apply to ngo s that are preregistered and already working here. but when ngo s come in for the first time and they don t know anything about them, they do. i ve tried to get them to change this whole customs system. they should fast track emergency supplies. they should, and they shouldn t charge them any customs fees. it s not right. is that just trying to generate money for the government? it s what i call the chokehold theory of revenue.
a lot of ngo s say that happens, and the government gets the storage money. yes, as we get the donor money in here, i believe i will succeed in getting the government to drop that fee. the government does not apply to ngo s that are preregistered and already working here. but when ngo s come in for the first time and they don t know anything about them, they do. but even ngo s that i ve tried to get them to change this whole customs system. they should fast track emergency supplies. they should, and they shouldn t charge them any customs fees. it s not right. is that just trying to generate money for the government? it s what i call the chokehold theory of revenue. what do people have to use to get into haiti? they have to use the ports and the airports. and so that s where you hit up people for money? and so that s where the money flows through. their normal revenue base has been destroyed. but they should not apply to the ngo s. when we can get the donor money