Be careful if you are a Canadian in the US!

SoundGuy wrote:

toedtoes wrote:
According to this, the woman states that the officer was declaring that "Canadian licenses are not accepted". I think the officer was confusing the "entry into U.S. requirements" and "valid driver license requirements". She's heard so many times that "you can't use a driver license to cross the border" so she believed that made driving with the license illegal also.

This police officer was completely incorrect, or perhaps simply ignorant of the facts. Most if not all of us here in Ontario now have an "enhanced driver's license" and as such can cross into the US without a passport, using just our DLs. My wife and I do carry our passports but it's not mandatory as the enhanced driver's license is part of a reciprocal agreement between the US and Canada that allows Canadians to drive anywhere in the US with just our DLs. Further, IIRC correctly from that CBC video the young lady in question also holds a NEXUS card so that alone should have been a clue to this police officer that this young lady's identity has been researched and is on record ... unless of course she (the police officer) doesn't even know what a NEXUS card is. Ridiculous. :R

I agree with you. I wasn't saying otherwise - simply pointing out that when we expect our police officers to be immigration enforcement, we might want to provide training because otherwise they will misconstrue things and create issues where none should have been.

And I do believe it's completely possible for an officer in Georgia to not know what a Nexxus card is. Heck, I bet the majority of folks in the U.S. don't know (forums like this are misleading because they cater to people who travel).

This officer was wrong. But there's a bigger problem behind her mistake than just ignorance.