Lines at United States Borders Longer

Canada-US Border


Mexico-US Border

File under: Unintended consequences.

It seems businesses are suffering whether they be US restaurants, stores, theaters near the Canadian border or US-Mexican owned businesses in Mexico. It used to be fairly common for Canadians to cross into the US for a meal in the evening, to go shopping, or to catch a movie, but many are disinclined because they don't want the border hassle.

Of course the people in all those vehicles are suffering because of the long waits to cross the borders too.

And having been a trucker in a past life, I can guarantee you the truckers are using profanity as they wait at about the same or greater rate than I usually do.

Stepped-up inspections at the Canadian and Mexican borders have led to lines nearly as long as they were after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The longer lines of people driving into the United States from Mexico or Canada, some returning U.S. citizens, have appeared over the past month or two at several ports of entry.

The wait to cross became so long this month at Blue Water Bridge, which connects Port Huron, Mich., with Point Edward/Sarnia, Ontario, that the Ministry of Transportation in Ontario set up portable toilets along the road.

Via Associated Press.