Nuevo Progreso Rant

TomG2 wrote:
A group of us Singles visit Nuevo Progreso, Mexico almost ever week. It is considered the safest of the unsafe border crossings in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

When I was leaving today, the American agent first addressed me in Spanish, which I do not speak. Strike one. He asked why I visited Progreso and I told "Just being a tourist". He asked me again and got the same reply. "What did you buy" he asked although I was empty handed in a t-shirt and shorts. "One Margarita" I answered, which really set him off. He demanded to know what I purchased and was not happy with the same answer. I held up my hand with my fingers forming a circle and said, "Nada, nothing". He got bored with me and sent me on my way.

I asked a woman who witnessed this if the agent was being rude and she said, "Very".

We have the most porous border in the civilized world and this young fellow is worried about a 72 year old empty handed American with a passport coming in? Come on.