U S Customs And Border Protection: Drug Traffickers

Military Radar Dept: Most crossings take place without incident but a growing number of Canadians are finding the reception at the border less welcoming than in the past. The mood at U.S. crossing points changed abruptly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the perception of Canada shifted from friendly neighbour to terrorist haven. The Fraser Institute's recent report What Congress Thinks of Canada refers to "persistent and repeated" allegations by U.S. politicians that Canada is soft on terrorism, including the myth that the perpetrators of 9/11 entered the U.S. from Canada. In fact, the terrorists lived, worked and trained in the U.S. and none had crossed the Canadian border, according to Vancouver Sun. In December, the U.S. Government Accountability Office claimed less than one per cent of the border is secure, and that Islamic terrorists are far more likely to enter the U.S. from Canada than from Mexico. Meanwhile, Democratic senators from states near the border have asked the U.S. Department of Defence to set up military radar to catch drug traffickers using low-flying aircraft to smuggle drugs from Canada into the U.S and the border between Canada and the United States is like no other. Although its characterization as the "world's longest undefended border" has always been more hyperbole than fact, most Canadians think nothing about crossing it to shop, visit friends, see the sights and even buy second homes. Last July, a peak travel month, Canadians -80 per cent of whom live within 100 kilometres of the border -made 3.8 million trips to the U.S., of which two million were same-day trips by car. Nevertheless, American lawmakers fear what they see as porous borders with Canada and Mexico and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection arm of the Department of Homeland Security no longer appears to differentiate between tourism from a highly-developed, post-industrial nation and illegal immigration from a crime-ridden developing country. As reported in the news.
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