Pre-Clearance and Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney

Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney: Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the new agreement at a press conference in Washington Monday, according to CTV. Pre-clearance means that border officers from the inspecting country carry out customs and immigration inspections in the host country before allowing goods or people into the inspecting country," said Blaney and Canadians travelling to the United States will eventually be able to get pre-clearance from U.S. customs agents before they cross the border, helping to ease lines at busy border crossings. The agreement will provide a legal framework allowing new pre-clearance options for land, rail, marine and air travellers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.