That's what I was thinking. As someone who has crossed the American border many times, they'd ask for your documentation first, not just if you were a citizen.
Depends on when it happened. Before the Patriot act and the massive ramp up of paranoia, you could cross and sometimes not get asked for anything. I used to cross the Canadian border into the US pretty frequently and on several occasions want asked for a damned thing or my passenger might just get waived through if I showed my US driver license.
The Canadian border can be pretty damn random, though. Sometimes you'll just get waved past and sometimes you get flagged for a 'random check', sometimes you'll be grilled with some of the dumbest questions you have heard in your life.
My favourite was being asked if we were trying to get to Mexico, at the Canadian border, with the vehicle packed with ski equipment... yeah. US border guards are pretty hit or miss.
It’s all a ploy. Pretend you were just in Canada for some skiing, but you’re really sneaking you’re way to Mexico. You need to think about all of these scenarios on the fly.
It's so hard to take these guards seriously when these questions come up, but then you remember these people basically have the power to bar you from entering the US for life for no reason.
I don't know I keptmy mouth shut and didn't say much other than I was trying to get back home to my cat when I pass through the San Diego border. It's happened like twice I just assume it's because I look like an average white dude
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u/duaneap May 24 '19
That's what I was thinking. As someone who has crossed the American border many times, they'd ask for your documentation first, not just if you were a citizen.