I suppose people could tell similar stories for the past 40 years. Back in the seventies, me and my long-haired friends were detained by Canadian border officials for an hour because they didn’t like our looks; none of us had any sort of criminal record or DUI or marijuana bust. But since Trump is in office, these stories will suddenly be newsworthy.
My story is the opposite. Was coming back from Vancouver, BC and was detained at the border by US Customs over the purchase of 2 sweaters. I figured the customs agent was dumb and paid downtown tourist price ($450 each) and was pissed because I declared paying only $125 each because I bought mine at some out of the way shop. He kept us there for about an hour even though I had the receipt. This was in 1981.
Crossed into Canada going on fishing trip. When Canadian guard asked where we were from and what our occupation was, my son (A WI State Trooper) said, “Basically, I am in the same business as you”. The guard pulled us over, searched every thing in our vehicle (not our person), detained us for over an hour. When we were allowed to proceed my son said he was PROBABLY looking for a gun. He found NOTHING! By the way that was the last fishing trip I took to Canada as we have better fishing right here in Wisconsin.