A Border Town Tale

Word just in from Matt, Craig, & Mark is that my letter on TTU letterhead carries diplomatic weight like Bhoutros Bhoutros-Ghali. Someone should walk up to a border guard, hold the letter aloft and scream, "Diplomatic Immunity!" like the creepy guy in Die-Hard.
They had a tough time crossing via truck at the Detroit-Windsor tunnel checkpoint. They were being interrogated because they had told the immigration officers that they'd rented an apartment in Montréal, something that made them seem possibly too permanent and awful suspicious. EVERYONE JUST SAY YOU ARE STAYING WITH AN ACQUAINTANCE, your sublettor, AT, your apartment address, IN MONTRÉAL FOR, # of days in Canada.
The boys pulled out the letter from me and the gates flew open, seriously. I don't know what makes it grease the skids fo immigration policy for you to carry an unsigned laser jet printed letter from some obscure professor in Texas but Canadians seem to trust my word.
Carry an index card with your new landlord's name, phone number, & address with you so you'll be able to present it to an immigration officer. DO NOT LIE TO THEM BUT SAY THE LEAST YOU CAN TO MAKE AN ANSWER FOR THEM. LET THEM ASK MORE. THEY"RE TRYING TO TRIP YOU UP. IT'S THEIR JOB.