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Subject:Re: registering Matilda in Canada
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:42:57 -0700

Right.

The guys I dealt with at the border, long time border guards,  were choked
with Homeland Security for dumping extra work on them without adding any
staff...

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Bill Glenn <idahobill@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:29:54 -0400
> Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote:
> >Also, it's not Homeland Security that's involved, it's US Customs and
> Border Protection.
>
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:12:09 -0700, Jake de Villiers
> <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >1) I assure you that vehicle exports are now under the auspices of
> Homeland
> >Security.
> >                http://www.dhs.gov/files/bordersecurity.shtm
>
> Jake, Greg
>
> Organizationally, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is part of the
> Department of Homeland Security, so technically you're both right, but it
> is Customs and Border Security that handles vehicle exports, but only at
> what is known as a service port, which is a CBP location that has a full
> range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry,
> collections, and verification.
>
> Bill
>

--
Jake

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