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In 2023? No. In 198X? You didn’t even need an ID.

I drove alone to the US from Canada for a trip in 1999 no passport (never had and still don't have one). The US Border Agents used my driver's license as proof of my ID.

But they were convinced my goal was to go there to live. they tore my car apart, took everything out of luggage. They let me go but thought I was never coming back.

All I was doing was going to a Thanksgiving dinner in Scranton.

I think it was about 2008-2009 that Canada started requiring US citizens to have their passport. Before that, they would take most US state ids.

How do you know what they thought? And if they truly believed that why would they let you through?

Because one border guard in particular specifically stated that he didn't believe me but there was nothing he could do to prevent me from entering the USA. But if it were up to him he would not let me enter and would send me back to Canada. He was a dick I remember him even 24 years later. The other guards were much more professional.

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