Border Security Discussion

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SupplyChainPack
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The topic of border security has been buried amongst the mountain of other issues.

Long way to go, but some pretty good progress is taking place, very quietly, on the border wall with Mexico.
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"Watch: Donald Trump's Border Wall Reaches 371 Miles"

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/10/19/watch-border-wall-reaches-371-miles/


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Twitter videos provide a close-up look at the two-miles-per-day construction of President Donald Trump's border wall, which has now reached 371 miles amid furious resistance from pro-migration lawyers, environmentalists, and business groups.
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GuerrillaPack
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Most of the wall currently being constructed is being funded by private donations. I think this organization, "We Build The Wall" is the main one.

Donate and learn more about them here:

https://webuildthewall.us


Here's one of the latest updates on the construction from their YouTube channel:

SupplyChainPack
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Thanks for sharing the link.

And God bless anyone who is voluntarily sharing their own hard earned money for something that benefits all Americans.

SupplyChainPack
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Despite what we've been told so many times - walls DO work!


"REPORT: Attempted Crossings WAY DOWN Along New Border Wall in Ariz."



https://headlineusa.com/yuma-border-wall-yielding-results/


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As of November, border crossings in Yuma had dropped by 71%. Agents are now on track to arrest about 12,000 illegal immigrants this year.
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cowboypack02
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packgrad said:


So now protecting the border of a country it "hateful speech"......yep revoke 230
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woops

https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/dhs-acting-secretary-holds-press-conference-on-completion-of-400-miles-of-border-wall/

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DHS Acting Secretary holds press conference on completion of 400 miles of border wall

Oct 29, 2020 / 09:59 AM CDT

MCALLEN, Texas (KVEO) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf is having a press conference in McAllen on the completion of 400 miles of border wall.

According to a release, the press conference will focus on the impact of the border wall.

They will also discuss the wall's massive impact on securing the border.

Joining Acting Secretary Wolf, is Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representative Mr. Peter Perez, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott and RGV Sector Chief Patrol Agent Brian Hastings.
SupplyChainPack
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Trump is the only one willing to get this much done in this hysterical environment.

He has done an amazing job given the obstacles he's faced.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-wall-400-miles-dhs-border
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https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/10/30/nyt-agencies-file-blizzard-lawsuits-fill-gaps-border-wall/


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Trump's border wall and various regulatory changes have proved to be boon for working-class Americans by dramatically shrinking the flow of economic migrants into American workplaces and rental marketplaces. In 2019, for example, 400,000 migrants used regulatory loopholes, such as catch and release rules, to break into the U.S. labor market. That number fell to just 16,000 in the 12 months up to October 2020.

Democrats, business groups, and their allied elite-left progressives are trying to reopen the migrant flow into U.S. workplaces.

Joe Biden's 2020 plan promises to "reassert America's commitment to asylum-seekers and refugees," wipe out Trump's asylum reforms, bar any deportations for 100 days, and end migration enforcement against illegal aliens unless they commit a felony.

Biden also wants to let companies import more visa workers, let mayors import temporary workers, and allow an unlimited flow of foreign graduates through U.S. universities into white-collar jobs. Biden would "exempt from any cap [the] recent graduates of Ph.D. programs in STEM fields."

Biden also wants to accelerate the inflow of chain migration migrants and dramatically accelerate the inflow of poor refugees to at least 125,000 per year.

"The influx of low wage workers from all across the world will drive down incomes, drive down wages, deplete the middle class, bankrupt Social Security, bankrupt Medicare, bankrupt Medicaid, bankrupt federal entitlements, overcrowd schools, and overcrowd every hospital in the middle of a pandemic," White House aide Stephen Miller told reporters on October 28.

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SupplyChainPack
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Illegal immigrants thrilled at the prospect of a Biden presidency.


https://charliekirk.com/news/migrants-chanting-biden-biden-stampede-border/




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cowboypack02 said:

packgrad said:


So now protecting the border of a country it "hateful speech"......yep revoke 230


Twitter is the arm pit of the human race. Hate it.
BBW12OG
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SupplyChainPack said:

Illegal immigrants thrilled at the prospect of a Biden presidency.


https://charliekirk.com/news/migrants-chanting-biden-biden-stampede-border/





Free college, free health care, free housing, universal basic income, free...free....free...plus they need more voters, more unemployed people to solidify their socialist dreams of total government control. What's lost in this is the number of cases of German Measles, Mumps, Chicken Pox etc.... have went down dramatically over the last four years. Wonder why? Yeah.... the best thing that can happen to this country is for the socialist democrats to pack their **** up and hit the West Coast. There's enough land in California, Oregon and Washington for them to set up Utopian Societies. I'll help you pack. As far as the East Coast goes... Hell, NYC hasn't been part of America in decades. It's been gone. Once that happens the idiots in the NE will fall in line.
cowboypack02
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Can't have open borders with a welfare state. It's going to break the country a whole lot sooner instead of later
Ncstatefan01
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Honest question: I have never actually seen where a democrat has said they want "open borders". It just seems like something the conservatives say to make different border policies seem worse than they are. Could one of you on here point me to where Biden/Harris or whoever has said "we want open borders"? FWIW, I want strong borders but completely support legal immigration.
SupplyChainPack
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Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.

Ncstatefan01
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Is there actual proof of that? Sincerely asking. By legitimate I don't mean some guy in his basement on YouTube. Like, actual evidence. If so, that would be horrific.

SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.


Ncstatefan01
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And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.


ciscopack
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Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.



I agree; hell of a lot easier to walk in from Canada. Fly to Canada and walk in. Canadians want none of this!
Follow the laws and keep people from crossing the borders as best as possible. Fences are easily passed; I saw that on 60 Minutes back in the 70's and throughout history. Lay out razor wire and have electronics and manpower. What is the first word? Illegal!
caryking
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I support the continuing of the fence build out. At the same, we have got to change legal immigration process. My hunch tells me that the process is full of red tape.

Im probably in the minority on this... I would consider citizenship if we protect our boarders, then clean up the process.
On the illegal or criminal immigrants…

“they built the country, the reason our economy is growing”

Joe Biden
barnburner
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I saw this today
"after the events of yesterday ,Mexico will in fact pay for the wall"
cowboypack02
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Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.





My guess is that 70-80% of the people in this country don't support it. In saying that immigrants tend to vote democrat so democrats politicians are for open borders. If immigrants tended to vote republican it would be the #1 priority of democrats to stop the border crossings.

Same with planned parenthood. I think some politicians are passionate about it one way or another, but the truth is that PP takes 500 million dollars in per year from the federal government and the turns around and donates very heavily to democrat causes. Planned Parenthood spent over 45 million dollars in just battleground states alone during the 2020 election with all of it going to democrats. If the money went to Republicans democrats would be trying to refund it.

I think I rambled and got off topic a bit but I think you got my point
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Ncstatefan01 said:

Honest question: I have never actually seen where a democrat has said they want "open borders". It just seems like something the conservatives say to make different border policies seem worse than they are. Could one of you on here point me to where Biden/Harris or whoever has said "we want open borders"? FWIW, I want strong borders but completely support legal immigration.


"Open borders" is usually just shorthand for vastly expanding legal immigration to the point you have little to no illegal immigration. It usually doesnt mean that there are literally no borders.

Remember that the left still wants to collect taxes on goods coming to/from the US. Libertarians are the usually the ones pushing for the most extreme interpretation of "open" to guarantee free trade, not only of goods but also labor.
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Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.





You can ask your local US Chamber of Commerce member, or any Democrat you happen to find handy.

But if you haven't noticed that dems haven't been willing to fight to the death to keep the borders wide open, you have missed a great deal.

And yes - they're actions - including shutting down the government to fight AGAINST tighter border security - speaks louder than a million words ever could.
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cowboypack02 said:

Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.





My guess is that 70-80% of the people in this country don't support it. In saying that immigrants tend to vote democrat so democrats politicians are for open borders. If immigrants tended to vote republican it would be the #1 priority of democrats to stop the border crossings.

Same with planned parenthood. I think some politicians are passionate about it one way or another, but the truth is that PP takes 500 million dollars in per year from the federal government and the turns around and donates very heavily to democrat causes. Planned Parenthood spent over 45 million dollars in just battleground states alone during the 2020 election with all of it going to democrats. If the money went to Republicans democrats would be trying to refund it.

I think I rambled and got off topic a bit but I think you got my point

Republicans could pick up tons of immigrant and 2nd generation immigrant support of the rhetoric around immigration was toned down. I work in tech where a large amount of my colleges are immigrants, particularly Indian. Many are natural Republicans, but they perceive Democrats as the only ones who actually want them to be here.
caryking
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IseWolf22 said:

cowboypack02 said:

Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.





My guess is that 70-80% of the people in this country don't support it. In saying that immigrants tend to vote democrat so democrats politicians are for open borders. If immigrants tended to vote republican it would be the #1 priority of democrats to stop the border crossings.

Same with planned parenthood. I think some politicians are passionate about it one way or another, but the truth is that PP takes 500 million dollars in per year from the federal government and the turns around and donates very heavily to democrat causes. Planned Parenthood spent over 45 million dollars in just battleground states alone during the 2020 election with all of it going to democrats. If the money went to Republicans democrats would be trying to refund it.

I think I rambled and got off topic a bit but I think you got my point

Republicans could pick up tons of immigrant and 2nd generation immigrant support of the rhetoric around immigration was toned down. I work in tech where a large amount of my colleges are immigrants, particularly Indian. Many are natural Republicans, but they perceive Democrats as the only ones who actually want them to be here.
I think it's on "You" to provide them with a true understanding...

All Republicans want is for the system to work properly. People come to the US as a privilege, not a right. Follow what legal process we have. I am confident that the legal process sucks; however, it's what we have.

Let's truly work on the system to make it work. We don't need some big immigration package. Take steps to clean it up so people come here legally and swiftly.

On the illegal or criminal immigrants…

“they built the country, the reason our economy is growing”

Joe Biden
cowboypack02
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IseWolf22 said:

cowboypack02 said:

Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.





My guess is that 70-80% of the people in this country don't support it. In saying that immigrants tend to vote democrat so democrats politicians are for open borders. If immigrants tended to vote republican it would be the #1 priority of democrats to stop the border crossings.

Same with planned parenthood. I think some politicians are passionate about it one way or another, but the truth is that PP takes 500 million dollars in per year from the federal government and the turns around and donates very heavily to democrat causes. Planned Parenthood spent over 45 million dollars in just battleground states alone during the 2020 election with all of it going to democrats. If the money went to Republicans democrats would be trying to refund it.

I think I rambled and got off topic a bit but I think you got my point

Republicans could pick up tons of immigrant and 2nd generation immigrant support of the rhetoric around immigration was toned down. I work in tech where a large amount of my colleges are immigrants, particularly Indian. Many are natural Republicans, but they perceive Democrats as the only ones who actually want them to be here.
I think its a perception issue. When I listen to republican politicians speak directly I hear them speak of wanting to stop illegal immigration and havepeople come across the border the right way but when I listen to any of the news outlets all i hear is that republicans don't want any immigrants at all. When the news outlets that people go to repeat a lie over and over again but no one actually goes and listens to the source folks are going to believe just what they are told
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cowboypack02 said:

IseWolf22 said:



Republicans could pick up tons of immigrant and 2nd generation immigrant support of the rhetoric around immigration was toned down. I work in tech where a large amount of my colleges are immigrants, particularly Indian. Many are natural Republicans, but they perceive Democrats as the only ones who actually want them to be here.
I think its a perception issue. When I listen to republican politicians speak directly I hear them speak of wanting to stop illegal immigration and havepeople come across the border the right way but when I listen to any of the news outlets all i hear is that republicans don't want any immigrants at all. When the news outlets that people go to repeat a lie over and over again but no one actually goes and listens to the source folks are going to believe just what they are told
Cowboy, you just stated the problem with every issue for the last 20 years.

If people keep communicating the same thing over and over, it's amazing how it becomes true... I call that intellectual laziness!!
On the illegal or criminal immigrants…

“they built the country, the reason our economy is growing”

Joe Biden
BBW12OG
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ciscopack said:

Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.



I agree; hell of a lot easier to walk in from Canada. Fly to Canada and walk in. Canadians want none of this!
Follow the laws and keep people from crossing the borders as best as possible. Fences are easily passed; I saw that on 60 Minutes back in the 70's and throughout history. Lay out razor wire and have electronics and manpower. What is the first word? Illegal!
Just out of curiosity when have you walked in from Canada? I've spent a lot of time for work along the border on both sides and I'm sure there are remote places that you can in fact walk in and out. But for the most part it is a hell a lot more secure than the Southern border. Pretty sure there aren't a lot of Canadians coming in to America looking for cheap labor, to have babies, get welfare etc.... Matter of fact we were fishing on the Detroit River a few years back and had the Canadian border patrol come to our boat and tell us we were NEARING the Canadian border and we needed to be aware of where we were at.
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BBW12OG said:

ciscopack said:

Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.



I agree; hell of a lot easier to walk in from Canada. Fly to Canada and walk in. Canadians want none of this!
Follow the laws and keep people from crossing the borders as best as possible. Fences are easily passed; I saw that on 60 Minutes back in the 70's and throughout history. Lay out razor wire and have electronics and manpower. What is the first word? Illegal!
Just out of curiosity when have you walked in from Canada? I've spent a lot of time for work along the border on both sides and I'm sure there are remote places that you can in fact walk in and out. But for the most part it is a hell a lot more secure than the Southern border. Pretty sure there aren't a lot of Canadians coming in to America looking for cheap labor, to have babies, get welfare etc.... Matter of fact we were fishing on the Detroit River a few years back and had the Canadian border patrol come to our boat and tell us we were NEARING the Canadian border and we needed to be aware of where we were at.
No but I've seen them! Like walking in my yard, across the street or through the woods.

I forget how many miles that 1970's tunnel was and it had been used for years. It came up inside a building in San Diego, where they've had multiple fences for years.
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ciscopack said:

BBW12OG said:

ciscopack said:

Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.



I agree; hell of a lot easier to walk in from Canada. Fly to Canada and walk in. Canadians want none of this!
Follow the laws and keep people from crossing the borders as best as possible. Fences are easily passed; I saw that on 60 Minutes back in the 70's and throughout history. Lay out razor wire and have electronics and manpower. What is the first word? Illegal!
Just out of curiosity when have you walked in from Canada? I've spent a lot of time for work along the border on both sides and I'm sure there are remote places that you can in fact walk in and out. But for the most part it is a hell a lot more secure than the Southern border. Pretty sure there aren't a lot of Canadians coming in to America looking for cheap labor, to have babies, get welfare etc.... Matter of fact we were fishing on the Detroit River a few years back and had the Canadian border patrol come to our boat and tell us we were NEARING the Canadian border and we needed to be aware of where we were at.
No but I've seen them! Like walking in my yard, across the street or through the woods.

I forget how many miles that 1970's tunnel was and it had been used for years. It came up inside a building in San Diego, where they've had multiple fences for years.


Illegals building tunnels is not a reason not to build a wall. That's like not putting on a new roof because you could still get leaks.
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Ncstatefan01 said:

Honest question: I have never actually seen where a democrat has said they want "open borders". It just seems like something the conservatives say to make different border policies seem worse than they are. Could one of you on here point me to where Biden/Harris or whoever has said "we want open borders"? FWIW, I want strong borders but completely support legal immigration.
Before defund the police was popular a lot of politicians were calling to defund ICE. That would be our border patrol. Also they are vehemently against the wall which has proven to be an effective tool to assist with border security. When the migrant caravans were coming a couple years ago the democrats were calling for Trump to stop trying to prevent them from coming in. Trump was "inhumane". Also sanctuary cities have been set up by democrats all over the country for years. That means that anyone arrested cannot be detained by ICE and is usually set free by local judges or police regardless of the crime. Then there was "catch and release" policy that Obama implemented. That was where if you caught someone over the border you had to give them a court date to appear and release them. Of course they never showed up so they were just in our country at that point. Then there's the push by democrats in certain cities and states to give free healthcare to illegals as well as free education. Biden said he wanted to give amnesty to over 11 million illegals living here.

All this sounds like "open border" policy to me. Doesn't it to you?
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packgrad said:

ciscopack said:

BBW12OG said:

ciscopack said:

Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.



I agree; hell of a lot easier to walk in from Canada. Fly to Canada and walk in. Canadians want none of this!
Follow the laws and keep people from crossing the borders as best as possible. Fences are easily passed; I saw that on 60 Minutes back in the 70's and throughout history. Lay out razor wire and have electronics and manpower. What is the first word? Illegal!
Just out of curiosity when have you walked in from Canada? I've spent a lot of time for work along the border on both sides and I'm sure there are remote places that you can in fact walk in and out. But for the most part it is a hell a lot more secure than the Southern border. Pretty sure there aren't a lot of Canadians coming in to America looking for cheap labor, to have babies, get welfare etc.... Matter of fact we were fishing on the Detroit River a few years back and had the Canadian border patrol come to our boat and tell us we were NEARING the Canadian border and we needed to be aware of where we were at.
No but I've seen them! Like walking in my yard, across the street or through the woods.

I forget how many miles that 1970's tunnel was and it had been used for years. It came up inside a building in San Diego, where they've had multiple fences for years.


Illegals building tunnels is not a reason not to build a wall. That's like not putting on a new roof because you could still get leaks.
Just ignore him and his incessant babbling... half the time he has no clue what he is even talking about.

I used to travel to Toronto from GSO multiple times a year for 5+ years, and it was less than half the cost to fly into Buffalo instead and get a rental car (2 hour drive) than to fly into Toronto... it takes 30 seconds (at most) to drive into the US, but it took up to 5-10 minutes to drive into Canada (at Niagara) because they want you to open your trunk, glove box, mirror the underside of your car, ask you twenty questions, etc... just shows that he doesn't know what the f he's talking about, just like the majority of his posts.
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TheStorm said:

packgrad said:

ciscopack said:

BBW12OG said:

ciscopack said:

Ncstatefan01 said:

And, one follow up. Why would any American support illegal immigration? That's why I find this stuff so hard to believe, because it defies common sense. But,I want to learn.
SupplyChainPack said:

Actions speak louder than words.

They actually shut down the government a couple of years ago specifically to keep the illegal immigration flood coming.



I agree; hell of a lot easier to walk in from Canada. Fly to Canada and walk in. Canadians want none of this!
Follow the laws and keep people from crossing the borders as best as possible. Fences are easily passed; I saw that on 60 Minutes back in the 70's and throughout history. Lay out razor wire and have electronics and manpower. What is the first word? Illegal!
Just out of curiosity when have you walked in from Canada? I've spent a lot of time for work along the border on both sides and I'm sure there are remote places that you can in fact walk in and out. But for the most part it is a hell a lot more secure than the Southern border. Pretty sure there aren't a lot of Canadians coming in to America looking for cheap labor, to have babies, get welfare etc.... Matter of fact we were fishing on the Detroit River a few years back and had the Canadian border patrol come to our boat and tell us we were NEARING the Canadian border and we needed to be aware of where we were at.
No but I've seen them! Like walking in my yard, across the street or through the woods.

I forget how many miles that 1970's tunnel was and it had been used for years. It came up inside a building in San Diego, where they've had multiple fences for years.


Illegals building tunnels is not a reason not to build a wall. That's like not putting on a new roof because you could still get leaks.
Just ignore him and his incessant babbling... half the time he has no clue what he is even talking about.

I used to travel to Toronto from GSO multiple times a year for 5+ years, and it was less than half the cost to fly into Buffalo instead and get a rental car (2 hour drive) than to fly into Toronto... it takes 30 seconds (at most) to drive into the US, but it took up to 5-10 minutes to drive into Canada (at Niagara) because they want you to open your trunk, glove box, mirror the underside of your car, ask you twenty questions, etc... just shows that he doesn't know what the f he's talking about, just like the majority of his posts.

Yeah.. Longest border in the world. I've seen places where one side of a road is Canada and the other side is US. I've seen a road running along a 4' high fence to help keep out animals, a ditch by the fence and another road in the other country....the 2 roads with about 40-50 feet between them.
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A friend's dad was driving through Vermont, following his GPS, and at some point realized that all the signs were in French and he must have crossed the border inadvertently. The problem was, if he were to retrace his path then he would end up crossing back into the US illegally. His solution was to drive to an official border crossing, explain his situation to US Homeland Security officials, cross into the US, then cross back into Canada. The officials weren't particularly pleased, but they let him through.
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A farmer friend of a friend of mine owned land on both sides of the border, he was told by the Canadians to call when he crossed the board( no fences, a couple of posts to show where the border is) after many calls to the Border guards they told him to forget it, stop calling when you working the land, He has never saw anyone trying to go across land. He sees the border guards a couple times a year (Canadian and U.S.) .
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Lets just say I have intimate knowledge of the area adjacent to the Peace park in SurreyBlaine. Ill also state that from a very reliable anonymous source for legal reasons that said individual walked 1000 feet into Canada waved at some employees , walked past a residential neighborhood on ave 0 without incident.
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That depends. There are many miles of the border that are 'undefended.' That is, there is no fence or border guards (or roads), just a line of cut down trees along the 49th parallel. This is especially true in the more mountainous parts of the border. So it's very easy to cross the border undetected if you're willing to go off-road and maybe do some hiking.
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I live less than two hours from the border, on the western-most part of the continent. We cross all the time by sea kayak and small boat. There are no fences or other barriers, so for many miles there are nothing but trees or mountains to deal with. That said, law abiding citizens would never think of it.

It's extremely easy to 'sneak' across the border in many regions simply because it is a huge, unguarded border, but you will possibly get caught later as drones are used to patrol. There are regions that can be easily crossed on foot and other regions that are easily crossed by boat. Most US and Canadian citizens have no reason to sneak across as they can cross perfectly legally with a passport.
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While it is not as easy as it used to be there are still places where it not all that difficult. In fact in at least one place that I am familiar with it is pretty difficult to actually tell where the border is unless you have a really good GPS device or are an excellent navigator with an up to date and accurate map. For Americans it is called the Northwest Angle. Canadians know it as Lake of the Woods.
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Yes. The border between the US and Canada is extremely long and almost entirely unprotected.
I have crossed it at a number of locations far from border checkpoints.
The most unusual crossing I ever did was from Manitoba to the Northwest Angle of Minnesota. The Angle exists due to a surveying problem and a border treaty dispute; it is the only portion of the contiguous-48 that extends north of 49 degrees latitude. You cross on a graded dirt/gravel road 52km from the nearest town in Manitoba. There's no checkpoint for either side, just a couple white obelisks and a line of cut trees marking the border off to the side of the road. You then drive about 8 more miles into the US until you get to a crossroads with a small white shack. You must stop there and push one of two buttons, both of which direct you to one of the two border checkpoints roughly 55 miles away near Warroad, MN, and talk to an officer. They then get to decide whether or not you are allowed to enter the US...
I later crossed the border between MN, MB, and ON many times in a small boat while logging the northernmost point in the contiguous 48 states.
Returning is equally-weird, with another stop in the white shack where you check in with the Canadians before driving almost 8 miles back to the border. If nothing else, it was the weirdest border crossing experience of my life.
The Northeast has many places like this where walking across the border would be completely trivial. The border passes through towns, roads cross it with seemingly no regard for the fact it is there in NY, VT, NH, and ME. The US and Canada have an extremely friendly relationship...
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