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One time I took a bus from Toronto to Mexico City, obviously through the USA.
When I crossed the border into the US in Detroit, I got grilled by one of the agents there.
He wanted to know:
How much money I had
How much I thought I needed
How much was in my bank account
How much was on my visa
He then proceeded to tell me that my gold card was "probably maxed out".
I had a couple hundred dollars in cash on me, which he said was not enough, and wanted to send me home.
I wasn't even stopping in the USA, just sitting on various buses as I passed through to Mexico. I told him all I needed to buy was lunch and drinks for the bus ride, and that a few hundred dollars was surely enough to buy lunch for 2 days...
He then read every single page of my notebook, and asked who every name was, if they were real phone numbers, if he called them now would they know me, etc, etc. I have no idea why he needed to read my personal notebook.
He then threatened to send me home, threatened that the customs officers in Texas would not let me through, and also that the Mexico customs officers would not let me into Mexico.
I'm pretty sure he forgot to welcome me to the USA, or tell me that I'd have a great time, or wish me luck on my trip...
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