Hello DesiOPT,
I plan to travel from Jacksonville, FL to Houston and then finally Los Angeles. I got an H1B this October but haven't stamped my passport yet.
It looks like the shortest route for the trip is I-10 in the south.. But when I looked up the route on Google Maps, I realized that the route is very close to the Mexican border, and a further research informed me that there are a couple border checks on this route, where basically the Border Patrol asks if the driver is US citizen. I am definitely not a US Citizen.
My question is, is it safe to drive this route to California, or should I make a detour to albuquerque, NM to be safe (because i don't have H1B stamping yet to travel out of states) ?
Route I-20 runs through El Paso which is very close to Mexican border, and I am scared just by looking at it on Google Maps.
I am looking forward to hearing back from you.
Thank you DesiOPT for always being such a big help.
I plan to travel from Jacksonville, FL to Houston and then finally Los Angeles. I got an H1B this October but haven't stamped my passport yet.
It looks like the shortest route for the trip is I-10 in the south.. But when I looked up the route on Google Maps, I realized that the route is very close to the Mexican border, and a further research informed me that there are a couple border checks on this route, where basically the Border Patrol asks if the driver is US citizen. I am definitely not a US Citizen.
My question is, is it safe to drive this route to California, or should I make a detour to albuquerque, NM to be safe (because i don't have H1B stamping yet to travel out of states) ?
Route I-20 runs through El Paso which is very close to Mexican border, and I am scared just by looking at it on Google Maps.
I am looking forward to hearing back from you.
Thank you DesiOPT for always being such a big help.
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