Providence Journal: RIers have gotten creative following Global Entry closure. The wait may soon be over

Word on the street is that Rhode Island’s long Global Entry humiliation is about to end.

For years, we’ve been one of the only states without an interview office to get that golden status of speeding through customs lines coming back into the country. It’s basically TSA PreCheck for the borders.

But for years, ever since they closed down our U.S. Customs Global Entry office in Warwick during COVID-19, you had to schlep to Logan to get an interview. Or worse, to a place like tiny Calais, Maine, – population 3,116. Admittedly that's a border crossing point with customs agents already there, but still. You’re telling me with a million people Rhode Island doesn’t rate?

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I also asked the office of U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, since, along with U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, they sent a letter two weeks ago to Troy Miller, head of Customs and Border Protection, saying they want answers about Rhode Island getting a local Global Entry place.