Microsoft glitch shuts down border crossings, causes hours-long delays

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SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The Microsoft global outage on Friday caused delays along the U.S.-Mexico border and even forced ports of entry in the San Diego-Tijuana region to shut down for several hours, affecting countless commuters.

People described being stranded for hours while trying to cross the border.

"I got in line at 3 in the morning," said Alejandro Ornelas, who was still waiting in line four hours later when he spoke with Border Report.

According to the Smart Border Coalition, about 200,000 commuters cross the border every morning from Tijuana into San Diego in cars or on foot.

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"It was bad, it was super bad," Jessica Gaytan said.