Re: Canadian Border is tight!

["Roberto" <Respond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Allan Waghalter" <awaghalter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a friend who just went from Houston to Detroit on her way to visit
>an internet acquaintaince in Toronto.  She had been told by the visitors
>bureau that Candada did not check US citizens with Birth Certificate and
>photo ID going in.  Guess what...  She got pulled out for a full background
>investigation.  Being on probation here for a minor felony (family related)
>they would not permit her to enter the country!
>
> Is this normal procedure or is it the result of the terror activities
> going on in England at the moment?  She was wearing a huge back pack and
> carrying a fairly large carry on bag.  Had a toungue piercing and was
> probably exhausted after a 40 hour drive from Houston.
>
I worked in Mexico and lived in Arizona for several years. It was the luck
of the draw coming and going. Sometimes they'd wave us through and other
times they'd take us aside and go over every inch of the car. Crossing the
border could take 5 minutes or two hours. And that was before all the
terrorist stuff.

Bob