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B.C. businesswoman receives US$5K NEXUS fine in crackdown
Smith says she was fined US$5,000 after using NEXUS to pick up parcels, and lawyers say at least two other Canadians reported similar penalties.
- South Surrey boutique owner Suzanne Smith lost her NEXUS privileges and received a US$5,000 fine after unknowingly violating an obscure commercial border-crossing regulation in September.
- Driving an empty vehicle to pick up parcels, Smith told the border agent her purpose and was waved through; heading back to Canada, she encountered a checkpoint where an officer accused her of failing to pay the US$22.10 commercial fee.
- Blaine lawyer Len Saunders and Spencer McGrath-Agg report that at least two other Canadians have faced similar penalties since early September, describing the rule as an 'obscure law' that many travelers violate without realizing it.
- Smith intends to fight the penalties and has no plans to reopen her boutique in America, stating, "There's this lack of trust now," after being interrogated multiple times at the border.
- CBP officials said Monday that "requirements are longstanding and apply regardless of a traveler's prior crossing history," though lawyers suspect the enforcement wave will subside in the next year.
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