Reply #59: Read laundry_queens post, above (#43).

[susanna]

This issue goes both ways. I feel free to comment on it, because I live about, oh, a mile or so from Canada. Only the Detroit River blocks my way.

The fact is, a lot of this stuff has existed for a loooooong time. The DUIs especially. I knew people ten years ago who were turned away at the border for the same infraction.

Then, 9/11 happened. Now? Every single ridiculous (and non-ridiculous) criminal charge WILL be investigated at the border. The bad ones (non-ridiculous),I have no trouble with. But it is actually sad, because they hit both. The fact is, the prior free flow of trade from once upon a time did wonders for both countries. Now it's pretty much toast. Except for big, giant multinationals. Yay! :sarcasm:

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