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After the September 11 attacks of 2001, security at border crossings—including Point Roberts—was increased, leading to long delays for residents. [16] The Canadian border was closed to non-essential travel in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had been worsening in both countries but especially in the United States.
In the early 1900s, customs officers rarely came to Point Roberts. From 1919, customs visits increased to two or three times a month. A canvas tent served as the temporary post. In 1934, a two-room wooden structure was built at the border and rented to customs. In 1936, Walter "Pa" Davis, was appointed the first Deputy Collector.
Other exclaves include Akwesasne, the Northwest Angle, Point Roberts, and Seaway Island. The status of the waters around Nunez Rocks is disputed. Nunez Rocks is a low-tide elevation ("bare at half-tide" [ 1 ] ) area (LTE) that is south of a line known as the "A-B" Line, [ 2 ] which was defined in a 1903 arbitration decision on the Alaska ...
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Point Roberts: Meadow Lane Washington: A former border crossing, permanently closed in 1975 when the Tyee Road border crossing was expanded. [12] The former Canada border station remains and has been refurbished, located on the eastern side of the peninsula
The Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing at the Alaska–Yukon border closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the United States, the governments of Canada and the United States agreed to close the border to "non-essential" travel on March 21, 2020, for an initial period of 30 ...
On an average day this week, border agents in the El Paso sector, which spans both west Texas and New Mexico, have caught fewer than 100 migrants crossing illegally all thanks to the Trump border ...
When the World Closed Its Doors: The COVID-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders, by Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman, Oxford University Press, 344 pages, $29.99 In late 2021, Charlotte Bellis, an ...