I've always found that the northern border is better attended than the southern border...never could figure that out.

Since the Canadian gun laws are so strict they must be worried about a couple of them sneaking over with a 12 pack of Labatts and their golf clubs. You know how dangerous golf clubs are in the hands of a drunk Canadian

I live in arizona about 5 miles from the border and go through these check points at least 10 times a week some times even more. from here there is no way to get by them to get to tuson sometimes it can take you up to an hour just to get through them depending on the time of day.