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From: [e-mail] (John Kolassa)
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Subject: Crossing borders; was: Amtrak's future under a Clinton administration
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Date: 20 Nov 92 16:04:51 GMT
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Concerning arangements for customs checks while crossing borders, and a proposal
that this be done on the train between the US and Canada, without delaying the
train for a long time on the border,

I wrote:

 >
 > My point is that even with this arrangement, you'll have to have enough
 > time between the last US stop and the first Canadian stop to screen the
 > whole train, and have some mechanism for deporting those not allowed across the
 > border.

dik t. winter wrote:

When the borders in Western Europe were still serious they were send back from
the first station across the border (just like it is happening with air travel).

I write:

On the US-Canadian border Amtrak trains cross at 4 locations: Port Huron-Sarnia,
Niagra Falls, and one place on each of two routes to Montreal.  Each crossing
gets 1 train per day in each direction, and holding people at the station until
they can be deported on the next train back would probably be a problem.

I believe that a VIA route crosses into Maine.  Does it stop in the US?  What
are the immigration practices there?
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Thanks, John Kolassa, [e-mail]