Going into Canada has always been easy for us. Coming back into the US is always a much bigger pain. Pretty ridiculous that US citizens have to give up constitutional rights to get back into our country. All it takes to lose constitutional rights is living within 100 miles of an international border "zone".
I’ve had the same experience. Getting into Canada has always been the typical few questions and “have a good trip”. Getting back into the states I’ve had a couple bad experiences. One was a disaster. Pulled up to the booth and could tell from the moment I rolled the window down that the border officer was going to be an asshole.
Started by asking the typical questions but then asked “when was the last time you crossed the United States border”
I said “last Tuesday”
then he said “when was the last time you crossed the United States border”
I paused and again replied “last Tuesday”
he started getting worked up and said “I’m going to talk slower so you will understand, when was the last time you crossed the United States border”
I said “all I can think of is last Tuesday we drove over it to get into canada”
he got worked up and said “NOW! The answer is NOW! You crossed the Canada border last Tuesday! Pull your vehicle up to that spot, park and don’t get out.”
I pulled my truck up to the spot like he said and waited. About 20 minutes later he walked up to the rear driver side of my boat trailer with his hand on his pistol and ordered me to get out of the truck but face away from him. I did as he said and then he requested I turn toward him and he pointed at a door and told me to start walking toward the door. Once inside he sat me down and kept questioning me about a crime committed in Nevada. I kept telling him I’d never even been to Nevada. Agitated he said he would give me time to think about it and left the room. I sat there for another twenty minutes thinking wtf. He came back in handed me all of my documents and said your free to go. I asked what the issue was and he said your free to go let’s just leave it at that. Pissed me off at the moment but I laugh about it today. Just feel kind of helpless in those situations.
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