Is there a border patrol assigned to the U.S./Canada border?
960709
I believe there is\n\nhttp://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/
236174
No such thing as Arizona Border Patrol.  You can apply for a job with United States Customs Department.  They are responsible for our borders.
501482
Physically, no.  The United States does have the power and ability to defend its borders.\n\nThere is the matter of political willpower.  That is where the weakness lies.  The politicians see the immigrants illegally coming over the border in one of two ways: potential voters and potential employees.  Either way, neither political party will do much more than lip service to shore up the Border Patrol to prevent illegal crossings.
804883
As of right now, there will be no change at the Canadian border\n\nOn the U.S. side you will need to produce a passport like everyone else. You'll still be allowed to freely cross for work and what not as before.
965337
Uh, they (minutemen) were ask to leave our border town, official reason; we already have a border patrol who can do the job....
688258
I have no idea. But I'm looking forward to an informed response to the question, as I would like to know myself. I CAN give you one example of their policies that works. I went on a hunting trip to Canada with some friends from work a few years back. A trip we had planned for months, and spent thousands of dollars on each. When we arrived at the Canadian border, because we had firearms, the Canadian RMP ran a background check on each of us. One guy had a 15 year old charge of drunk driving on his record. He got to spend the week in a motel STATESIDE, waiting on us to pick him up on our way home. He was denied entry. Not only to hunt, not ony with a firearm, but PERIOD. He was placed on a list of undesireables, and barred from any future entry into the country, because of a 15 year old traffic violation. A serious one (I do not condone drinking and driving), to say the least, but a traffic violation nonetheless. So I would say they have some pretty strict rules.
1069771
a cop can search you for reasonable suspicion. in the us i know its legit. not sure about canada.
1004756
They are a group of citizens who patrol the borders of the United States. They are all colors of concerned citizens. They must pass background checks before being allowed to be a minuteman. They are NOT allowed to detain or "rough up" the illegals, only to call the border patrol and inform them of the illegal's presence. Some people will call them vigilantes, but this is only because they do not support any measure that hinders illegals from coming over here.
432346
On the contrary.  Haven't you heard, there are plans to build the Great Wall of Mexico.  And as far as the remaining borders, including the Canadian border, the plans are to increase the documentation requirements for traveling across the borders.
778472
No.  You have to be a Canadian Citizen to join any type of police force in Canada.\n\nIt's exactly how it is in USA.
274877
In 2004 10,000 federal agents (CBP) working on the border apprehended 1.1 million people attempting to cross the border.\n\nHave you ever been to the border between the US and Mexico?  It is very long (over 2000 miles) and extremely in hospitable. I know because I was stationed in a recon unit to watch a portion of it.  Even if a fence is built, there is no way to watch the fence all the time, and any fence can be breached.  Do the math....to adequately watch the border with real time guards (that is someone who can respond to an immediate breach) you would need a guard tower every 1/4 mile (depending on terrain).  That is 8000 guard towers.  To staff that 24 hours/365, with two agents, you would need 64,000 agents, plus another large group to actually round up the illegals, process them, and detain them.  Although some might like to, we can't shoot them or abuse them, so this is expensive.  \n\nBy my rapid calculations, we would need about 100,000 more law enforcement personnel (at a cost of 8 billion dollars per year, not counting facilities).  We would also have to build a more user-friendly infrastructure along the border, which, by the way has lots of private land along it.  Yes, we could uset he military to staff these towers, but wait, by the constitution we can't have active duty military or reserve make arrests (posse comitatus).  Yes, they can watch and radio (like we did in the Sonoran Desert years ago), but then you end up with nasty situations like the Marine who shot and killed a Mexican boy who had strayed over the border with some sheep.\n\nPart of the problem is that while people whine about this, they love to get cheap labor.  Many businesses and private families intentionally employ illegal aliens because they save money.  The pressure that special interest groups representing certain of these folks is certain to make it difficult to stop the supply.  Congress is about the consider a new bill to have guest workers, like in Germany with the Turks.  After all, you don't really want a job as a fruit picker, do you, or as an office cleaner...got to leave those for the migrant workers!
493128
No, the National Guard is for time of national emergency not for a permanent job. The borders will always need guarding, that would be more border patrol & more power for the border patrol. Are we willing to pay more tax for more border patrol - I am but what about everone else?
235369
yes, just make contact with a border patrol office and they can tell you what steps to take
724487
Not only are we correct it is our responsibility.  The laws are there to be enforced.  Someone need to tell the powers that be at the Office of Border Patrol in Washington D.C. in particular Chief David Aguilar to get off his butt and allow his Agents to do their jobs.  He has their hands tied so tight that they are unable to enforce the immigration laws that are currently on the books.  Call his office at 202-344-2050.
1176757
I saw some accounts saying that was the case a couple of weeks back. People picked up said they were 'coming for the amnesty' and knew the guard was going to the border.  However, there will probably be some diminishing effect when the border patrol is really there, until they figure their next move.\n\nMeanwhile, I read in another article that coyote fees have gone up by 50%.
470813
I always believed Canada not to be a threat, then came Canadian Bacon, and eventually 9/11. They started out from Portland, Maine (my home state).\n\nThe mexican border (in my opinion) should be this:\n\n-A 20 foot tall, 10 foot wide cement (fortified with steel inside) barracade, with at least 5-10 feet buried underground the entire length of the US/Mexican border, with no entrances/exits within 25 miles of each other, and each of these border crossings are guarded heavily of no fewer than 25 armed soldiers/policemen/guards. More at bigger crossings\n\n-On each side of the "MEXICAN WALL" is a 20 foot high chain-link fence with barbed wire on the top. At least 5 feet is buried underground with barbed wire also on the ground. Each of these fences would be equipped with highly sensitive 'motion-detection' sensors, and inbetween the 25 mile border crossings (every 5 miles) would be a guard outpost of no fewer than 3 armed and ready guards, and a vehicle.\n\n-These guardhouses would be equipped with a large holding cell as well as 2 smaller cells, living quarters, and a field hospital.\n\nAnd thats what should be done.
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NO you don't have to notify the border authorities of a chnage of plans.\n\nI bought a recumbent trike from a person in Detroit with the intention of riding it back to Edmonton AB.\n\nThe border guard asked ho long my stay was going to be. I said not sure. Then he asked how I planned ot support myself. I said with my credit cards.\n\nAnothr person at the border also going on vacation got stalled at the border, the guard wanted proof of employment and a letter from his employer stating he was on vacation and was to be back to work by a certain date.\n\nJust be honest say the range of your expected stay.\n\nI currently am immigrating to the US and live there now. \n\ndo a search for Canadian citizens length of stay\n\ntheres an excllent answer on the google answers