‘Are you a citizen?’ To U.S. Border Patrol, the Canadian border is 100 miles wide

[Tennis]

This happens because they don't like Canadians. Can't blame them.

I doubt many Canadians are trying to illegally move to the U.S. In fact it's the other way around.

[Rennadrel]

As someone that gets stopped by the border patrol on a regular basis to be asked that very same question, my only response is get over yourself. It takes a few seconds out of your life. My biggest gripe was that during the Obama administration I always wanted to respond by asking "Does it matter anymore?" but my wife always threatened to beat me if I did.

Sounds like someone needs to reclaim their man pants

[Seranthor]

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2...iles-wide.html

Really sad. How about you focus on healthcare and education instead of bothering people who are traveling.
Must be really annoying if you're a law abiding citizen and you're getting harassed my power tripping Border patrol agents.

Tragic I say. Nothing quite as tragic as a man doing his job and having some know-it-all on a gaming forum question the method in which he does it.

[Citizen T]

Sounds like someone needs to reclaim their man pants

But then what would I do with them once the wife was mad?

[cparle87]

Let me reword this, how many white people are asked about residency compared to everyone else? Also you should have responded the way you wanted to border patrol agents lol even if you are clearly being spicy about Obama's pro-corporate barely liberal policies for some reason.

Asking how many white people are asked about residency compared to other denominations along the mexican border is laughable. It's like complaining that 90% of inmates in a jail are black when the city is 90% black. It's just a big 'duh' but people try to twist it into the border patrol/police being racist.

[Shibito]

the usual suspects are in a uproar and offended.

[Celista]

Asking how many white people are asked about residency compared to other denominations along the mexican border is laughable. It's like complaining that 90% of inmates in a jail are black when the city is 90% black. It's just a big 'duh' but people try to twist it into the border patrol/police being racist.

The guy in the OP is black. He was along the US-Canadian border.

[Tabrotar]

Asking people on the streets whether they are citizens sounds pretty fascist to me. It's small steps like that. North Americans become ever more comfortable with law enforcement overreach. Sad.

Luckily we got open borders here.

Sorry Elba but even here in Germany the police can check your Ausweiß whenever they fell like it and because of that we´re normaly advised to always have a form of idendificaion with us.

[Easo]

It is overreaction. Just answer the question and move one.
However, 160km from the border? Border Patrol has nothing better and more meaningful to do?

[minteK917]

Sorry Elba but even here in Germany the police can check your Ausweiß whenever they fell like it and because of that we´re normaly advised to always have a form of idendificaion with us.

Police=/=border patrol. Theres just no reason to have border patrols 100 miles away from the border, call the cops.

[Tennis]

Tragic I say. Nothing quite as tragic as a man doing his job and having some know-it-all on a gaming forum question the method in which he does it.

What have been your experiences with them? Have you been asked to prove your citizenship?

[Seranthor]

What have been your experiences with them? Have you been asked to prove your citizenship?

my experiences with CBP? pretty benign actually... I show them my ID and passport... from there is pretty much, 'have a nice day'

[Rhaide]

Looks like they look at ID as well. What happens if someone doesn't have id with them I wonder. I don't always carry mine with me. Like why should I.

Wut? You should ALWAYS carry your ID, wtf are you smoking?

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the usual suspects are in a uproar and offended.

You mean privileged white kids and aging hippies? Yep.

[Tabrotar]

Police=/=border patrol. Theres just no reason to have border patrols 100 miles away from the border, call the cops.

Border patrol in Germany is also responsible for security/surveilance in trainstations which ofc are all in a really small readius arround the border...

They´re even responsible for looking for Schwarzarbeiter/moonlighting (if that´s the correct term for working without a license/whatever) so yeah they can ask you in the middle of Germany for your passport/ID.

[Rennadrel]

But then what would I do with them once the wife was mad?

Tell her to get her own man pants I guess.

[Celista]

the usual suspects are in a uproar and offended.

Yeah I'm offended, we don't need to be asking people if they're citizens 100 miles from the border. Also if we're going to do it we shouldn't be picking out the brown-skinned people for special ID checks.

[Tennis]

my experiences with CBP? pretty benign actually... I show them my ID and passport... from there is pretty much, 'have a nice day'

So you walk around with your passport while doing your daily business near the border?

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Wut? You should ALWAYS carry your ID, wtf are you smoking?

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You mean privileged white kids and aging hippies? Yep.

Don't be silly dude. If I'm going cycling I'm not carrying my id with me. Why would I?

[Nellise]

The guy in the OP is black. He was along the US-Canadian border.

He wasn't near the border or what any normal person thinks of as the border. Look where Syracuse, NY is on the map, that's where he got asked.

I couldn't even prove I'm a citizen if I was asked on the spot. I don't have a passport and I only have my birth certificate hidden in some drawer I haven't looked in in 10 years. A driver's license or social security card or most other forms of ID aren't proof of citizenship.

I lived in Boston and Houston for 12 years and I guess I could have been picked up at any time since those are apparently border cities.

[Seranthor]

So you walk around with your passport while doing your daily business near the border?

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Don't be silly dude. If I'm going cycling I'm not carrying my id with me. Why would I?

Nope... but I have it when I'm going to be crossing the border... as far as the person on the train, solution there was simple... you answer the question and move on with your life... but thanks for playing 'what are we going to be offended about today'

[Doctor Amadeus]

As someone that gets stopped by the border patrol on a regular basis to be asked that very same question, my only response is get over yourself. It takes a few seconds out of your life. My biggest gripe was that during the Obama administration I always wanted to respond by asking "Does it matter anymore?" but my wife always threatened to beat me if I did.

Hahahaa your wife sounds like a awesome woman, smart woman.


OT: Have citizenship in both countries, never had an issue going to and from, I will say unlike the U.S if you aren't really clear on common sense simple questions, yeah you will like bet stopped and checked.


As far as color, it doesn't seem to matter, however I will say if you do ever get checked and any part of your story doesn't check out, expect to be stopped more often.