All of my dealings with border crossings have been
handled professionally on both US and Canadian sides. They have no
sense of humour, but I have never had any sense that they were making
their own rules.



Perhaps what we are actually seeing is the folks in places with real
ports telling the homeland security folks the bugger off and handling
port arrivals the way they are supposed to be handled.

I also noted that folks in clean white boats with SS anchors are
exempt.

If the next round of (us) law is implemented you may be subject to
search at each and every port of call; to save us from those dratted
al keida commercial fishermen no doubt.

Again no doubt a clean white boat will get you a free pass.