The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will continue to limit “non-essential travel” at its land borders with both Canada and Mexico for an additional 30 days through August 20, 2020.  Travel for recreation or tourism is considered “non-essential.” Essential services related to the movement of food, fuel, healthcare and life-saving medicines will continue.

The land borders have been closed since March 21, 2020, to non-essential travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  According to DHS, the ongoing need to keep the land borders closed has been due to both the success of these restrictions and the emergence of additional global COVID-19 hotspots. 

A copy of the announcement is available here. 

We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as soon as they become available. 

This alert is for informational purposes only.  If you would like to discuss this development further, please do not hesitate to contact us.