farmers on the US and canada border

I once talked with a lady who told me her parents farm home was situated right on the border. Front door was on one side while back door on the other. They were treated as Canadians under the law, however a good portion of the farmland was in the US.

You must also remember I am speaking of 40 years ago when many of the rural side road crossings were not even staffed at night. This whole situation is probably quite different today. I'll bet that farm house has been torn down, and many of those side roads are gone.

Since 9/11 they rotated new guards in and out and they chased the woman down after she returned with groceries and were very intimidating to her. Told she might be smuggling weapons in. (She's like 85)

They prevented her mail and newspaper from being delivered. They stoped the plumber and searched his whole truck (huge bill for her).

Kinda rough. Her farm ain't worth hardly a thing now due to the new restrictions.

I find Customs Officers both US and Canadian don't really excell in the common sence dept. With the electronic surveilence equipment available to both governments today they know who and what is crossing that border 24-7 without leaving the monitor. All they need do is send POLICE after the crooks. Certainly no need to have that gaggle of unemployable people at the border annoying everyone.