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minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 days agoDue to the Straits of Mackinac, the CBP considers it to be so.
minus-squareIampossiblyatwork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoThat would still make Chicago. The third largest city in America further than 100 miles from the border.
minus-squarem0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoI reckon you can sail from lake superior to Chicago and not pass customs until Chicago.
minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoI don’t get it. The border is north of the UP. Why do the straights count?
minus-squaresudo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoBecause they want more jurisdiction and got it.
Due to the Straits of Mackinac, the CBP considers it to be so.
That would still make Chicago. The third largest city in America further than 100 miles from the border.
I reckon you can sail from lake superior to Chicago and not pass customs until Chicago.
I don’t get it. The border is north of the UP.
Why do the straights count?
Because they want more jurisdiction and got it.