[pyx]

The Canadian was definitely challenging the first border agent in his replies to the border agent. When asked which specific store in the mall he was going to, he should have answered, "We plan to go to the mall to walk around in the mall and then decide which stores to go into to shop." "We haven't decided on specific stores in the mall we want to go to yet."

That might have been all the questions other than, "For how long do you plan to stay in the United States ?", and "When you leave the United States, do you plan to leave at this entry point ?" and "Do you plan to exit the US to go back to Canada ?".

The Canadian was also confrontational to the person doing the interview. The Canadian told his wife who came over to interrupt the agent interviewing the Canadian male at least six or seven times to, "Sit down." while inside the office. The Canadian further exacerbated the interview by repeating his confrontational and challenging questions to the border agent including, "What are you going to do, shoot me ?" several times. That in of itself is a threat. I believe the Canadian was goading the border officers to escalate the interview to the next level. The interviews went through several levels, from outside through the car window to inside the office with several border agents to the next level of an arrest.

In my opinion, both of the Canadians were wrong. The Canadian wife's hysterical screeching most definitely did not help the situation.

Entering the US is a privilege and not a right. The US has borders on both the North and the South that define the US. Abide by the laws and you may be given the privilege to enter the US.

[Vendome]

The Canadian wife’s hysterical screeching was actually what motivated the Agents to hold them.

The guys probably suffer from PTSD and leave the field of fire, every morning, when they walk out of their house and go to work at the border.

I could definitely see how they might want the noise to just shut up.