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gringorio
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Quote: Originally posted by TMW  | | Who said anything about free access to Mexico but not the U.S. Myself and many others follow the rules and laws of Mexico. I carry an annual insurance
policy on both my trucks and I get an FMM permit as necessary when I cross the border. I renew my passport when due. I do not cross into Mexico
illegally. I cross at the designated entry locations. |
Me to, I just wanted clarification on the tourist permit rule for San Felipe. 
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by surabi | | Quote: Originally posted by David K | | There are only two countries that Americans can drive into from America. For that reason, Canada and Mexico are not 'lumped into' the rest of the
world's rules for travel. |
So because Americans can drive into Mexico and Canada, you think those sovereign countries should just give Americans a free pass?
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Driving into Mexico is different than arriving by ship or airplane. I didn't think I had to explain that. As mentioned we are legal, insured, and love
Mexico. If every vehicle entering Mexico was stopped and all Canadians and Americans had to park and walk into INM, traffic would be backed up to San
Clemente. They don't enforce the rule to prevent chaos. Nobody would drive into Mexico if it took 5 hours to cross the border. It sometimes takes that
long to get back across to the U.S. and that cuts Mexico travel already.
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daveB
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In past years walking into Los Algodones meant just that. you just walked in. To the untrained eye, the border line wasn't there. Walking in, though,
you knew that to get out, you needed to show a passport and that someone would be checking what you were carrying back with you. The line-ups often
lasted two hours for your retreat. One time we took the bicycle-driven trip out. Even the Mexican, who was just turning around after we disenbarked,
had to show a passport. The last time we were there, no bicycles to expedite the exit. Theyhad been discontinued for some reason.
We stood in line, as usual, but this was a sign that some things were changing, political will somewhere, had pushed some buttons. When that happens,
there can be changes elsewhere, as well (on the other side). The usual answer is what is happening in DC, not DF., nor Ottawa. With border checks gone
in European countries, they increased in the west.
As Canadians, stopped many miles from the Mexican border, traveling in a Canadian - plated vehicle, we were always admonished for not having
passports to show, then and there. At that point we later learned, it was up to the border people (so far from a border!) to maybe stop and search us,
up to and including a strip search. They came down from Palm Springs to give us that information, while we were staying at Fountain Of Youth RV
Resort, above the Salton Sea. With 70 % Canadians in attendance, they needed to get the message out. For the silver haired with their hearing aids
tuned in, they got there message across, to a bout of direct questions. And we thought Canadians were so polite.
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