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Old 07-07-2017, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Caffrey View Post
So now, for the last 5+ years, I have been trying to get that notation cleared, with no success. Now EVERY time I show up at the Canadian border, it's a minimum of 2 hours inside the Border Station, being treated like a criminal, having my truck emptied out/searched, and being asked the same questions by at least three different Agents.

During one trip I had an ammo can of anhydrous borax (welding flux), which they "searched' by dumping it out on the parking lot, having a dog sniff it, then telling me "you need to clean that up".... luckily I had a small shovel and broom in the truck . They do the same thing when they search a vehicle....empty it out, spread it across the parking lot, and when they're done, walk away and tell you to "Ok, you can repack your vehicle."

I've been crossing the Canadian border back and forth for the last quarter century, and within the last decade it's just become a nightmare.

... and they are just a pain in the butt to deal with, and make me dread crossing the Border.
Because of the big problem they have with all the illegals from the US trying to sneak across the southern border into Canada?

So Ed, obviously the question begs, "Why do you bother?" It would take me about two incidences before Canada would be marked off my list of places I needed to go.

Years ago my wife, a high school teacher, took a bunch of kids to a national conference in Detroit. They crossed into Windsor Canada, and upon returning, had to go through US Customs. They were on a bus with kids and teachers from several schools. The agent asked if everyone was a US citizen. When they discovered one was not, a foreign exchange student, they removed the student who was a minor, and interrogated her by herself not allowing her teacher to be present.

Its amazing the energy expended hassling law abiding citizens while turning a blind eye to illegal entry.


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