As I came back from Canada, at the Houlton, ME entry point a month ago, I was pulled in and interrogated for half an hour over an arrest a decade ago for disorderly conduct (I was in the middle of a divorce, called my soon to be ex-wife a name in front of the police.) I paid a $100 fine the next day in court and it was done. Or so I thought. I almost missed my flight back to Columbus. And for what? Did they really think they were going to keep me out of my own country?
The checkpoint going into Buffalo NY is just awful. I was coming back from a getaway in Toronto and Homeland Security treated me like some third-world terrorist. Going to Winnipeg next weekend, hopefully the border is better.
Very interesting! Who, pray tell, is making ancient records available to US Immigration?