As a citizen of Laredo for the past 16 years of my life I can agree with most of you on the waiting times to cross back into the U.S., as far as discrimination goes it's always been fair and have never had any problems. There are your occasional random security checks where the entirety of your vehicle or body is searched. CBP officers are overworked, underpaid, and always have to be standing and checking for anything that shouldn't be crossing the border. Therefore, there will be the occasional rude officer. Personally I've never heard of any stories of CBP officers damaging citizens' property. It all depends on different factors that play into the situation in which you were in. For example, your vehicle might have been the unlucky one to be randomly checked for any drugs, or it could have been that they mistakenly scanned and found something that could've been illegal but wasn't....it happens. Overall, the experience at the bridge is sometimes boring or frustrating. Pretty much like an airport security checkpoint. Except, sometimes slower. I believe the CBP officers strive to do their best and there are only so many officers to hundreds of vehicles that they inspect every hour. read more

If you're looking to drive across the bridge from the United States of America to Mexico, this bridge is easy. No wait, no lines, no hassles. If you're going the opposite way, into Texas, this bridge is a nightmare. This is the larger of the two bridges that span the Rio Grande River in Laredo. It's newer than Bridge #1, and has a larger staff. If you're coming to America, expect loooooonnnnng lines that creep along slooooowly. While waiting in line, you're technically still in Mexico, and they sell chicle gum and ugly, carved religious statues. In the US side, customs and immigration agents are overworked, surly and mean. If you're a Gringo, and on foot, expect to get waived through pretty quickly. If you're not, expect to get scrutinized, hassled, searched, and questioned. Even if you're beyond intoxicated, they still try to question you. When you bring your car across, expect La Migra to dig through your car for no good reason. They often bring out a dog, and I've even had them tear panels out of the dash of the car. When they replaced them, they never fit naturally again. I don't like how they can damage peoples' vehicles without consequence. At the end of the process, they ask you if you have anything to declare- plants, food, liquor, tobacco, etc. If you answer yes, they expect you to pay duty (taxes) on the purchases if it's over the duty-free amount. The amount you can bring across the border, and the taxes levied depends on whether you have a Texas drivers license or not. If you're travelling with a non-Texan, stick all of your purchases with them. However, they don't supervise you to see if you go from declaring the goods to the place that you pay the taxes. I've seen people declare an excess of goods, and just walk out without paying a dime in taxes. These guys are inept. Once, when crossing this bridge, I witnessed an immigrant crossing the Rio Grande directly underneath this bridge. I leaned over the bridge, watching the immigrant swim across the river with a plastic bag full of clothes over his head, get out of the river, put on his clothes in the bushes, and flee into Laredo, Texas. This all happened directly under the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in broad daylight. Nobody cared. read more

I would rate this negative 10 if I could. So far we've been waiting to cross around 3 hours and we are barely a 1/3rd of the way through. This is ridiculous . You would think they would have a better system, like more bridges to cross. I mean come on, make things more efficient, it's literally like the border patrol people want to work longer and harder and less efficient. Bunch of morons. It's better just to go to Piedras Negras and drive a little more. This sucks!!! read more

We been here two hours waiting on line. Horrible system. Hopefully I don't have to come back anytime soon.

I've been waiting for 11 hours on the bus, I wouldn't recommend this bridge there was barely any internet throughout the whole ride, there were people selling a lot of things though, I bought 7 churros for a dollar. read more

the waiting line is awful!!!!!! we have been sitting in the bus waiting fo up to 4 hours.... they really need to work on the waiting line!!!!every time i come here is always a long line. it would help very much if they added more lines. read more