If you take a driving vacation to an area in Mexico and then return to the United States in your car, you will be stopped at the border while U.S. agents ask you if you are carrying such items as plants or animals
If you are carrying such items, they may likely be confiscated. If you have any native plants with soil on them, this will be confiscated. You probably have not committed a crime, but nevertheless there is a benefit to this process. What is that benefit?
What will be an ideal response
Answers will vary. Some possible answers are:
-the process prevents accidental importation of invasive plant or insect species.
-the process prevents accidental importation of the seeds or dormant parts of invasive plant or insect species.
-the process prevents accidental importation of species that are endangered or threatened that Mexico wishes to retrieve.
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