I think your experience depends on your citizenship. As a canadian the canadian border guards are nice to me. With a work visa, the american border guards are

I think your experience depends on your citizenship. As a canadian the canadian border guards are nice to me. With a work visa, the american border guards aren't as nice. Also the border guards start becoming nicer once they see a history for your passport in their console if you never had any shit happen. Also a NEXUS / Global Entry card makes them far more nicer.