Why I Will Never Return to the USA

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by w1ntermute • 13 years ago

82 14 13 years ago

millzlane• 13 years ago

This makes me never want to leave the US. I fear that I will be scrutinized at the border and not be allowed back. Is so ridiculous I drive down the street when a police officer gets behind me I get really anxious and will sometimes go off route just so they're not behind me.

I was born in Germany to two American parents that were in the military. So I'm afraid they may send me back to "where I came from".

melling• 13 years ago

I'm a little confused. Are you a US citizen? If you're ever refused at the border, there are other channels. One guy at one point of entry doesn't ultimately decide your fate.

tadfisher4• 13 years ago

You can't actually be refused at the border if you are a citizen.

chx• 13 years ago

That's the border. What if they put him on a no fly list? There are stories of citizens stuck overseas because of that.

tadfisher4• 13 years ago

You cannot be barred entry into the US if you can prove you are a US citizen. You may be required to submit to questioning, and you can be prosecuted if there are any warrants for your arrest or you are attempting to bring something illegal into the country, but that's it.

tribeofone• 13 years ago

I was on a bus over from Montreal, we were all in a big room after they had emptied the bus. One guy was born in Cuba and was Canadian now. The border guard asked him how he got to Canada? The guy says 'What do you mean?', and the border guard replies, 'How did you get to Canada, did you swim over?' Another guy had gotten a DUI in '79 in Canada, and the Guard was asking him about it in front of everyone. No joke, these guys may be doing their job, but they are a bunch of assholes, even to US citizens, and they are outside the law - you can be detained indefinitely at a border crossing without any probable cause, US citizen or not.

pan69• 13 years ago

Most customs personal I have encountered are assholes. This isn't much because of policy, it's simply because you're mostly low educated morons who can't deal with the responsibility of authority and will therefore abuse this position at every chance possible.

A lot of these stories crop up in regards to the US but the same thing happens here in Australia and in New Zealand as well.

jmadsen• 13 years ago

A good read if you are actually concerned:

https://www.aclu.org/files/kyr/kyr_english_5.pdf

triplesec• 13 years ago

This is a Know Your Rights pdf from the ACLU, for those who would like to know before clicking.

ilianh• 13 years ago

Hey if you need anything in mtl let me know.

Why I Will Never Return to the USA

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