Your customs experiences re-entering the US from Canada?

obgraham wrote:

sgip2000 wrote:
If you are a US citizen, you don't have to answer any questions or consent to any searches. Sure, they'll detain you, but eventually they have to let you go. Don't unlock your phones for them either.

Good luck with that approach. How many baloney sandwiches in a row can you eat?

Failing to stand up for your rights is how you loose them.

You cannot be legally detained for more than 20 minutes without cause if you are a US Citizen. Failure to answer their questions is not a legal cause. You do not loose your rights being near the border. You have the right to remain silent and are protected from unreasonable search. The Border Patrol would like you to believe they can strip search you without cause but they cannot. They will try to intimidate you if you let them. Know your rights. Read the ACLU web site on this subject.link

I have never answered their questions and have twice been kept for 20 minutes in the last 10 years of crossing the border. They simply take you into a sitting area and ask you to empty your pockets while continuing to attempt intimidation. Just continue to provide your passport information and state you are a US citizen with nothing to declare and you want to leave now. I cross the border into Mexico almost monthly. I put up with this harassment every time I leave town. You cannot leave my home town in any direction without going through a check point.