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Comment Re:So it's just like (Score 0) 66

Kinda like you, rsilvergun (or drinkypoo, or gwehlir). [Maybe you're all the same person] 'Course, prove me wrong (I welcome it). (Still waiting on the Trump pedo proof, from my last request a week ago)

Maybe ambrand12 is a pedophile. Prove me wrong.

Making random internet claims then asking others to prove you wrong (for which you'd probably ignore evidence anyway) is a waste of time.

Comment Re: The US is no longer a safe country for Western (Score 2) 207

Do I worry for myself, no. My wife is a green card holder, luckily from a country not currently on Trump's shit list.. and she definitively had reservations about leaving and having to come back through immigration.

We were in the green card line, so the Hispanic families that were escorted away were permanent residents of the US. Maybe just a coincidence but given the political climate, seeing two "brown" families escorted away for additional question while my family and I were not asked a single question is abnormal. I've never been through immigration without being asked at least a couple basic questions before.

Be dismissive if you want. I only spoke up because you said the OP wasn't representative of most Americans. Most people I know that travel internationally have made similar comments regarding the difference between arriving in other countries comparing to coming back to the US. No one is ever going to escape having to queue or the associated bureaucracy but improvements can be made to not assume everyone is a criminal entering the US. And this extends back decades but post 9/11. I remember flying to Toronto and back without a passport pre 9/11. I got a dirty look but they still let me make the trip.

Comment Re: The US is no longer a safe country for Western (Score 3, Informative) 207

Being treated like a criminal. Long lines, employees providing conflicting information. Being yelled at for following the direction of the previous person. One time (after returning from Asia) I accidentally gave the DOB of my wife when they asked (she was with me) and the result from that was being escorted back and having to spend 15 minutes convincing them I simply made a mistake.

Houston was always the worst but Chicago is painful as well. It's not just the lines, it's the attitude of the people who act bothered by having to work.

The smoothest transit I had through Immigration and Customs happened this past holiday season when landing in Atlanta. The latino families in front of were all escorted for additional screening so the white male American got to walk through without even a question.

Queuing is expected. Having traveled to Mexico, half of the EU, and multiple Asian countries over the past 2 decades, coming back to the US is the worst immigration experience that I've had. That's why I say "not pleasant".

I will say crossing over into Canada, I've had mostly non pleasant experiences with them as well. I feel they put the only rude Canadians on the border as their first line of defense.

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