Do border guards have a quota for how many people they pull over?

Question

I was travelling to North Dakota for a flight back to Detroit. It was a slow night and it seemed as though the 4 border guys on duty just pulled me over because they had nothing better to do. It is a shame when security FEARS cause a country to start treating their friends like enemies. I suspect that North Dakota got some extra anti-terrorism funding and are trying to justify it. Make work projects never fill a person with an inherent sense of dignity. If you start turning Canadians into enemies, who will be left to be your friends?
PS I cancelled a later trip to the US because I don't need to put up with that garbage.

Answer 1

There is a very real threat to the U.S. from the Middle East. Some of these people have crossed both the Canadian and the Mexican borders. We know the threat is from the Middle East, but the American Civil Liberties Union doesn't want profiling because it makes people uncomfortable. So people like you get stopped for no apparent reason. You can thank political correctness for a Canadian being a terrorist suspect.

Answer 2

Could be. I see exactly what you are saying.