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BorderLive

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BorderLive is a free map of current wait times at every U.S. land port of entry on the Mexican and Canadian borders. Data is pulled from the official U.S. Customs and Border Protection feed about every 15 minutes. This page has the facts, story angles, brand assets, and contact you need to file or post quickly.

Quick facts

All numbers below are live — they reflect what's in the database right now. Quote them with confidence.

Ports covered
82
Mexican border
53
Canadian border
29
City pages
14
Comparison pages
21
Update frequency
About every 15 minutes
Data source
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Languages
EN · ES
Cost
Free

Story angles

  1. 01

    Consumer tip

    A free resource for the roughly half-million people who cross a U.S. land border every day. No signup, no app, no ad networks on the homepage.

  2. 02

    Local builder

    Built solo by a U.S.–Mexico software developer based in Puebla, Mexico, frustrated with the official CBP wait-time page. A counter-narrative to the usual 'border tech' stories about surveillance and enforcement.

  3. 03

    Data journalism hook

    Current wait times come from live public source feeds. Historical stats use stored hourly aggregates and are rebuilding from new observations; we do not fill gaps with generated history.

  4. 04

    Cross-border commuter angle

    Side-by-side comparison pages (San Ysidro vs Otay Mesa, BOTA vs Ysleta, Calexico East vs West, and many more) help commuters and shoppers pick the faster crossing in real time.

Quotable lines (use freely)

  • “BorderLive pulls the same official CBP feed about every 15 minutes, but presents it on a single mobile-first map and lets you compare two crossings side by side — something the official page doesn't do.”
  • “The site is free, has no ads on the homepage, no signup, and no tracking pixels. The only commercial slot is Mexican auto insurance on Mexico-border port pages, because if you're crossing south you probably need it.”
  • “Current observations come from live public source feeds. Best-time-to-cross guidance appears as stored hourly aggregates rebuild from new live observations.”

Screenshots & brand assets

The cleanest screenshots are the live site itself, taken at default size. Suggested URLs to capture:

If you need a logo, high-resolution screenshots, or the OG image in a specific format, email the contact below and we'll send them over.

Contact

For interviews, on-camera or phone, or to request a specific data pull for a story, email or call directly. Replies within four business hours during the U.S. workday.

Justin Haase

Founder & developer

Calle Dos Agency · Virtech SA de CV (Puebla, Mexico)

hello@calledos.agency

+52 222 808 6046

Founder bio (short)

Justin Haase is a software developer and founder of Virtech SA de CV in Puebla, Mexico, and Calle Dos Agency. He builds tools that solve his own problems and ships them publicly. BorderLive is his most-used personal project to date.