Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate - First Mule skinners, Now fishermen on Lake Woebegon

From Isle, Minnesota:
It seems that the ever-expanding DHS and its agencies, have not forgotten about mule skinners at the parks on the Erie Canal. The Coast Guard (an agency of the DHS, same as the TSA) has decided that college students who act as fishing guides on Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota are "transportation workers" and as such must obtain TWIC (transportation worker identification cards).

Rationale: Lake Mille Lacs is a federal navigable water because they floated logs down the Rum River in the 18th and 19th centuries. The last log floated in 1904.

Guess the DHS/USCG is a little behind?

Coast Guard to take over Lake Woebegon (http://cravaack.house.gov/press-releases/cravaack-exercise-state-sovereignty-return-mille-lacs-lake-to-minnesotans/)

From Isle, Minnesota:
It seems that the ever-expanding DHS and its agencies, have not forgotten about mule skinners at the parks on the Erie Canal. The Coast Guard (an agency of the DHS, same as the TSA) has decided that college students who act as fishing guides on Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota are "transportation workers" and as such must obtain TWIC (transportation worker identification cards).

Rationale: Lake Mille Lacs is a federal navigable water because they floated logs down the Rum River in the 18th and 19th centuries. The last log floated in 1904.

Guess the DHS/USCG is a little behind?

Coast Guard to take over Lake Woebegon (http://cravaack.house.gov/press-releases/cravaack-exercise-state-sovereignty-return-mille-lacs-lake-to-minnesotans/)

:rolleyes: What next, TWICs for river rafting guides? Hiking guides (or is walking not considered transportation?)

:rolleyes: What next, TWICs for river rafting guides? Hiking guides (or is walking not considered transportation?)

what about the boundary waters of nothern MN? you have to portage on the Canadien side on occasion, do they have tsa waiting there?

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Disney World TomorrowLand Speedway employees required to have TWIC credentials. Updates as the situation develops.

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what about the boundary waters of nothern MN? you have to portage on the Canadien side on occasion, do they have tsa waiting there?
Ummm. See this thread. (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/checkpoints-borders-policy-debate/1279774-cbp-vs-boundary-waters.html)
More than 30 environmental laws would be waived and the Department of Homeland Security would be allowed to build roads, erect fences, set up monitoring equipment and use vehicles to patrol public lands within 100 miles of the Mexican and Canadian borders, according to proposed legislation in the House.

After they build the fence, put up guard towers, pave roads along the border, it'll be just like canoeing in Berlin, in the old days.

Ummm. See this thread. (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/checkpoints-borders-policy-debate/1279774-cbp-vs-boundary-waters.html)


After they build the fence, put up guard towers, pave roads along the border, it'll be just like canoeing in Berlin, in the old days.

No fence going up along the Canadian border
(http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1206492--u-s-canada-border-security-blueprint-the-next-generation-of-integrated-cross-border-law-enforcement?bn=1)

Here're some good ideas for DHS and CBP. :rolleyes:

http://www.mihalko-family.com/DDR%20Border%20System.htm