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<blockquote data-quote="Belthos" data-source="post: 2119007" data-attributes="member: 24944">I&#039;ve been through these more times than I can count as an over the road truck driver.Hello Sir are you a US citizen?YesIs anyone else in the truck other than you?NoThank you sir, have a nice dayI don&#039;t mind telling people I&#039;m a US citizen if they ask, it&#039;s nothing to be ashamed of.Does it violate my rights for them to ask me a question?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Do I have to answer?&nbsp; No&nbsp;&nbsp; They will also ask me about my cargo, do I have to answer?&nbsp; Yes, the law requires that I have a bill of lading and to furnish it to law enforcement on demand.I worked for a major food carrier, tyson foods.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most of the time the guy that that asks about cargo just waves me through and says I know you have chicken, you can go.If I&#039;m in california they just want to know if the food is frozen, if it is then they don&#039;t care about anything else, for them it&#039;s all about making sure no living insects are in my cargo.These check points are scattered around the southern us / mexico border states usually within 150 miles of the border.&nbsp; They are in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belthos, post: 2119007, member: 24944"] I've been through these more times than I can count as an over the road truck driver. Hello Sir are you a US citizen? Yes Is anyone else in the truck other than you? No Thank you sir, have a nice day I don't mind telling people I'm a US citizen if they ask, it's nothing to be ashamed of. Does it violate my rights for them to ask me a question? No. Do I have to answer? No They will also ask me about my cargo, do I have to answer? Yes, the law requires that I have a bill of lading and to furnish it to law enforcement on demand. I worked for a major food carrier, tyson foods. Most of the time the guy that that asks about cargo just waves me through and says I know you have chicken, you can go. If I'm in california they just want to know if the food is frozen, if it is then they don't care about anything else, for them it's all about making sure no living insects are in my cargo. These check points are scattered around the southern us / mexico border states usually within 150 miles of the border. They are in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. [/QUOTE]

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