Peace Arch Border Crossing

• Additional checkpoint at B.C.-U.S. border shocks travellers

  Leslie told Global News that they watched others undergo a thorough search, with officers opening their car doors and searching through their vehicles and trunks.

  Canada

  May 5, 2025
  
• Video shows man at Peace Arch crossing making a run for the Canadian border

  Sgt. Timothy Richardson with the Blaine Police Department told Global News the suspect vehicle, a white Hyundai Santa Fe, was stolen from Seattle.

  Crime

  Jun 20, 2023
  
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• Dozens of vehicles with U.S. plates line up at B.C. border as COVID-19 restrictions lifted

  As the COVID-19 restrictions lifted at 9 p.m. PT Sunday night, dozens of vehicles were lined up at the Peace Arch border in Surrey ready to cross.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2021
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• U.S. agents held hundreds of Iranians at U.S.-Canada border amid rising tensions: docs

  The emails reveal 277 people of Iranian heritage were referred for secondary vetting this past January between B.C. and Washington state — more than the 60 originally estimated.

  Nov 19, 2020
• U.S. customs admitted ‘breach of protocol’ in targeting Iranian travellers: congresswoman

  CBP has previously denied that there were any directives issued to deny entry to the U.S, but wouldn't confirm whether a directive to question and detain certain travellers existed.

  Feb 4, 2020
• Leaked memo ordered U.S. border officials to question travellers with links to Iran: lawyer

  The memo directs officers to ask individuals with military connections about their religious affiliations, to determine whether they are members of the Quds special unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

  Jan 30, 2020
• ‘Extreme vetting’ of Iranians crossing Canada-U.S. border was local directive: CBP whistleblower

  A Blaine, Wash.-area lawyer says he was contacted by a Customs and Border Protection officer who alleges the detention of Iranian-born travellers was directed by their managers.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2020
• U.S. to investigate allegations Iranian-American travellers detained at B.C. border crossing

  Up to 100 Iranian-born travellers, including Canadian and U.S. citizens, were allegedly detained at British Columbia's Peace Arch border crossing over the weekend.

  Jan 9, 2020
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• ‘We are tourists, not terrorists’: Iranian-Canadian speaks out after detention at U.S. border

  Washington state Governor Jay Inslee issued a statement Monday saying U.S. border officials' denial they were detaining Iranian-born people was "not credible."

  Jan 6, 2020
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• Iranians held up at U.S.-Canadian border amid escalating political tensions, group says

  "Those detained reported that their passports were confiscated and they were questioned about their political views and allegiances," the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2020