The Nexus Experiment.

The wait may be long, but it sure helps with security line up and entry into either country. It should be good for 5 years and renewal does not require an interview. At the second renewal, however, it does.
As a Canadian, I always send up a little word of thanks when my transits and entries only take the 2 or 3 minutes to complete the paperwork instead of the long waits in line.
I am also not partial to security lines held up by folks who can't get it together with the bins, electronics, belts, etc. We don't have any other pre screen or priority program, so happy to have this card to avoid the worst.

I also am a Nexus card holder. Love it. The wait for Nexus is incredibly long right now, but it will be worth it. My sister just applied for her second renewal. She was informed of the current backlog and told that they were automatically adding a year of validity to her current card to allow for the processing time.

The “choke point” for Nexus is the interview which is done with both Canadian and US border agents. There are limited appointment times available.

The first time you approach the border and see a 1-2 hour back up traffic jam of cars and you sail right up to the agent in the Nexus Lane, you will know it is worth any wait for the card.

And upon approval for NEXUS you also get Global Entry and TSA Precheck benefits.

Hmmm, when I applied for Global Entry, it was $100 and took me almost 15 months to complete.

I don’t know where the Nexus enrollment center in Michigan is located. When we applied in Washington there was a center south of Seattle that was very convenient. But the wait to get an interview appointment after the conditional approval was very long. we eventually got one and arrived the customary few minutes early. As we waited, a walk in applicant simply walked in, did the interview, fingerprint, retina scan, photograph and voila, was done. Moral of the story: after conditional approval and making interview appointment, if enrollment center is close by, try walking in.

I think things are more limited post covid, but if you live near a major border crossing or international airport, it helps to check all options for your final appointment. Sometimes an airport is faster than a land border, or vice versa. Friends drove from Ottawa to a slower border crossing to do theirs. They got an appointment within a few days. It's about an hour drive. I did mine at the airport but the retina scanner wasn't working, so they told me to just drop in before my next flight to finalize things. So may be worth being brash and just turning up.

Michigan has to major Crossing in the Lower Peninsula both with interview locations.
But then they are two of the busiest crossings that exist as well. And the one in Detroit has a tunnel as well as the bridge and is building another tunnel it is so busy.