Do warrants show up when crossing the border? I am a US citizen with a valid passport and want to cross by car from Texas to Reynosa for the day.
Customs makes THOUSANDS of arrests every year, becauase so many people crossing the border have outstanding arrest warrants.So yes, they surely do show up, if the warrant has been entered into NCIC.Customs will detain you while they contact the agency the originated the warrant to determine if the warrant is still valid and if the agency is willing to go to the trouble and expense of extraditing you.The detention process could be pretty embarrassing and/or uncomfortable. You'll probably be handcuffed, searched and locked up in a cell while Customs checks things out.So, that speeding ticket you never took care of, or that DUI arrest you never showed up in court for? There is probably an arrest warrant out there with your name on it. However, that doesn't mean that if you have a warrant for a DUI or minor offense like shoplifting in, say, Pennsylvania, that the originating agency is going to want waste their time and resources in getting you from Texas back to Pennsylvania.But if there is a warrant out there for you for a serious crime, count on going to jail.
Can you legally travel by River across the Canadian American border? How?
Yes.You can cross the St. Lawrence River between Prescott, Ontario and Ogdensburg, New York.See here for more information: Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge .You could also float across the river on a boat.Here is more information on St. Lawrence River & Great Lakes crossings: List of crossings of the Saint Lawrence River and the Great LakesHere’s an international ferry service: Bluewater FerryThere is also a ferry service that goes between Maine and Halifax, but that doesn’t cross a river but rather the ocean. See here: Maine to Nova Scotia Ferry Service | The CAT - Bay Ferries
Are there really parts of the US–Canada border that are unprotected?
Yes there are unprotected areas.That town, Derby Line, VT and Stanstead QC, is no longer an unprotected border. You cannot freely cross the border in that town anymore. Since 9/11 the US now has 100% passport checks (with a few exceptions where enhanced driver's licenses are accepted).There is often nothing but a sign in Derby Line, VT or Stanstead QC, telling you not to passSo in that sense, the border is unprotected. You could walk or drive along one of the roads or city streets into the other city, but there are security cameras everywhere and you will be pulled over by the the local police or border patrol.All highways and roads leading from the US to Canada, and vice versa, are now protected borders.Off the roads, you can find unprotected areas which are only patrolled every once in a while. Here is one in my state, Washington:The only thing stopping people from illegally entering the US, is this sign, and the chance you might get caught.Outside of many of the border crossing point, like this one at the end of US 95......there is nothing but trees. Someone could easily stop on the side of the road, or get dropped off, and take a hike through the un-patrolled and un-fenced forest.The only exception to this I can think of, is one town in Alaska without a border crossing where you can legally enter the US without a border crossing, at the Hyder - Stewart Border Crossing. There is no road leading from that town to the rest of the US though and residents have to drive through Canada to get to the rest of Alaska, or fly.Canada though, does still man a checkpoint on the border checking all Hyder residents as they enter Canada.In sum:Yes there are unprotected areas, in fact, most of the border is unprotected. Few roads however lead from the US to Canada without a checkpoint at the border, and vice versa. Most either now have a Jersey Barrier at the border, or simply don’t connect. There are a few roads still with nothing but signs, but many of the ones kept open are used by border patrol.This is not like the Mexico-US border, where you could theoretically take a 4 wheel drive across the desert through a gap of no fence, and drive into the US. There are trees, mountains, lakes, and rivers everywhere. Aside from towns that straddle the border (and most those are heavily patrolled), with a few exceptions, the only way to drive into Canada from the US, or into the US from Canada, is to drive along a road that leads to a border checkpoint.
Can you cross state borders if you're under 18?
You've never been to a state border have you? No state borders check for anything. If you're on a highway they keep an eye out for large trucks that might be following inspection laws from a different state, but other than that, they won't notice you, and no, it's not illegal for you to cross borders under the age of 18. It IS however considered kidnapping if you're over 18 and you take a minor across borders without parental permission, but a quick call to someones parents will verify that, and unless someone is pulled over for a different reason they won't care.
Is it possible to drive from Canada to Alaska into Russia and then tour Europe?
Actually there are roads connecting Alaska and Canada; the main Alaska Highway route runs from NE British Columbia up through the Yukon into the Alaskan interior and then turns SW towards Anchorage. You wouldn't be able to drive from Alaska to Russia, though. They're separated by the Bering Strait, which is about 50 miles across. You'd have to charter a private boat or plane to take you across the water to Vladivostok (there are no direct commercial boats or flights between Vladivostok and Alaska, in either direction; a lot of people choose to fly to Japan and then take a ferry across). And then once you're in Russia, you're looking at a very long trip across Siberia. There is only one road that connects Vladivostok to European Russia, which is about a 6,000 mile drive (or the equivalent of driving from New York to LA and then turning around and driving back to NY again), and apparently even that road isn't paved in some places, so that you need to budget at least a month to make the drive (there's a reason why most people who need to go across opt for the Trans-Siberian railway!). So the most basic answer to your question is, a road trip from Canada to Morocco can certainly be done, but it's not nearly as simple as packing your suitcase and hopping in the car. You'd need to do a lot of research and preparation, planning your route and making arrangements in advance where necessary, and you'd definitely need a car that's rugged enough to survive the trip! And then if you're working you'd also need permission to take two or three months off. But hey, if you want to go and you think you can put it all together, then I say go for it! I think it would be a really cool trip!
My friends mom SCOLDED me... should I tell my parents?
Okay so this happened around 3 days ago. So, I called up my friend. My friend is a BEAST at golf and there's a golfing place right next to our neighborhood. It's within walking distance. So I asked my friend if he wanted to help me out with golf, and he said sure and he told me to go to this front yard and meet him there. So his house is like a 5 minute walk from mine. And I get over, I see him and he motions me to the backyard. In the backyard, his mom is standing right there. And she begins to question him. She was talking in Chinese to him, but I could understand that she was getting upset and was about to throw a fit. She SCREAMED at him that he had a "big" tournament tomorrow that they had payed thousands of dollars in order for him. My friend told his mom to just leave us alone and that we were practicing. His mom wouldn't leave us alone. So we cross the border from our neighborhood to the golf course. And his mother follows us. We setup and start doing some hits. After ten minutes, his mother storms up to me. "GIVE ME THAT GOLF CLUB!" My friend back's me up "WOAH Mom. Don't scream at my friend, he's not your son. And that club isn't your either, it's mine." She got SOOO pissed off that she screamed "I'M GOING TO TELL THE MAIN CHECK IN ABOUT YOU TWO!" So she started to walk away, but kept coming back to scream things at me and my friend. After a while, I felt threatened. I thought she was actually going to hurt me. My friend had to hold back his mom at one point. His mom screamed at me "I don't want to see you EVER play golf with ******* again! YOU SHOULD JUST QUIT! GET A COACH!" My friend told me to go. Apologized. And I left. I'm afraid to tell my parents becuz they might not let me see my friend again.
Is paddling legal in US? What about Canada?
Paddling is LEGAL in the US as long as it's done on the rear end, with NO permanent marks left. Permanent marks being marks that take days to heal, or really anything that needs to heal, redness is NOT a permanent mark. There is NO age limit, up until the age of 18 should the parent chose. Canada from my understanding it's against the law to use ANY object, and spanking a child on the bottom with a open hand is LEGAL from 2-12 (or 14, I'm not positive). As to your other comments - Parents have spanked their children for GENERATIONS upon GENERATIONS, and yet people like you said think the US the greatest place in the world to live. Why would you then change what works? The reason the US is the greatest place in the world to live is that we have the FREEDOM to chose which rout we want to take. Our choices are ours to make, not the governments. If the governments started imposing anti-spanking laws, the US would be no better then the countries people are trying to get away from. Our children, our choices.
Is it true that my parents will go to jail if I don't attend school?
My Grandmother and my school have both called me telling me about how they could throw my guardian in jail if I don't go to school. I go to school on a regular basis, but I have been slouching a bit as well. I have been out of school for 8 excuse days (not consecutively) and 1 unexcused day. And we are told that we can have up to 20 excused absences and 10 unexcused. I have not even reached my 10th absentee yet, and I'm being more or less "threatened" about my absences. I am a 17 year old male, living in Montgomery, Alabama. They have told me that if I get too many they will throw my Grandmother(guardian) in jail. And my Grandmother is 90 years old. What's the point of telling me I can have up to 20 excused absences if you don't give me time to even make it that far? Is all of this true? And if so, how long would my Grandmother be in Jail? Things like this really make me acrimonious, and if it persists I may consider dropping out. -_-