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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 2:35 pm
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Originally Posted by traveler1595
I am driving to Albuquerque for summer to visit a friend who attends UNM. I am hispanic, therefore, every time there is a checkpoint (Went down to Corpus Christi), they always send me to secondary, and basically waste about an hour with all these questions even though I PRODUCED VALID License.

Is there many border patrol checkpoint in or en route to Albuquerque in I-40? If there is more than 2, I would be better off flying, save me time and agitation.
I have driven from Austin to Albuquerque before and can attest to the fact their are no checkpoints of any kind via the "north" routing up to Amarillo and over or the "middle" routing up to Abilene, lubbock and over to ABQ via 84 (which is the shortest mileage wise). The "south" routing via El Paso and Las Cruses up to ABQ will run you by the checkpoint east of El Paso on your way home and there was a mobile on I-40 at one point Northbound, not sure if it still there.

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