A nationwide Customs and Border Protection system outage stranded thousands of travelers at airports on Monday.
Folks trying to enter the U.S. via a handful of cities were met with long lines and excessive delays as customs officers manually processed international passengers.
Issues were reported in Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, D.C., as well as Baltimore, Boston, Newark and San Francisco. All airports came back online Monday night, following what CBP called “a temporary outage” of its processing systems.
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection is experiencing a temporary outage with its processing systems at various airports of entry and taking immediate action to address the technology disruption,” the agency said in a statement to ABC News.
“CBP officers continue to process international travelers using alternative procedures until…