My family and I did a little traveling this weekend. My brother and his family live in Rochester, NY. Living in the Detroit area, it's easiest for us to cross into Canada at the Ambassador Bridge and then cut through to NY. We were making great time until we hit the bridge at Lewiston, where we waited 4 1/2 hours to cross. When we finally reached the guards, they collected our passports, asked where we were going and let us through. 4 1/2 hours for that. How is it I can leave my country quickly, but have to wait an inordinate amt of time to get back in it, when illegal aliens get across the border with no trouble. Just doesn't make sense to me.
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Posts: 622 | Location: Lincoln Park, MI | Registered: March 21, 2004
We are lucky here. The border between QC and NY, VT, NH & ME is dotted with small customs stations on small roads and larger ones on bigger roads. In your area the great lakes get in the way of everything.
Still we get news reports of two hour waits at crossing from route 15 onto I95 at Champlain/Lacolle.
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Posts: 8033 | Location: Cigar land | Registered: March 10, 2003
The route into Canada has almost always been comprised of a few questions, then friendly permission to proceed. Coming back into the USA, even long before 9/11, included periodic car searches, more distrusting questions and license checks. Since 9/11, I have only flown into Canada, so I do not know firsthand about the border crossings.
Posts: 818 | Location: Central New Jersey | Registered: March 15, 2005
Trust me its only going to get worse. Again what price do we pay for "Border security"? Do we have to "report" where we our going in order to keep our "borders secure"? Since when does the backbone of this country - our freedom - become the price to pay for security? Misguided.
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Posts: 233 | Location: Las Cruces, NM | Registered: March 05, 2006
We can no longer afford to sit back in Pollyanna style and think the Islamo-fascist nut-cases mean us no harm!
Where precisely the line needs to be drawn, I don't know. That's why we elect representatives and a President. It's their job to make the intelligent decision as to what needs to be done when...
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Posts: 1067 | Location: Newnan, GA | Registered: June 13, 2005
At the cost of our freedom. Not worth it to me. The pretense of "security" is the opium they are feeding you to justify the violation of yours amd my rights. Spin my friend spin.
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Posts: 233 | Location: Las Cruces, NM | Registered: March 05, 2006
Because many countries could care less who enters their country. Here in the USA unless you are fleeing from a crime we could care less if you leave but due to situations like 9/11 we do care who enters our country.
I figured that was just common sence..
The flaw in all this is the "random" searching of people entering our country or getting on a commercial airplane. I dont give a rats ass if we piss off the liberal do gooders by profiling it just makes sence to search a young Muslim male in his early to late 20s and from the middle east instead of some old woman from Sweden just because her number came up. We should be focusing on the people that we are at war with and if it is unfair to young males from the middle east then LEAVE get the **** out of this country. WAKE UP!!! we are at war and that means tighter security is part of life.
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