From The Sydney Morning Herald
Planning to travel to Donald Trump’s America? Think twice. You are neither a wanted nor welcome ...
"Eight hours later, after three interview teams and extensive examination of my laptop and iPhone, they decided I'd come on an unusual route to the US, namely from Australia via Asia ... Although there was no evidence of wrongdoing, I was sent back to Australia, meaning I was unable to join the cruise, valued at $15,000 and not refundable."
This is nothing new. The Yanks have been doing this forever. Their border monkeys are just a Gestapo. Americans don't care.
@RustyRing @kims it’s only when you’ve experienced Immigration from the outside that you realise what absolute bastards they are. And that’s not just America. The UK is just as bad.
And of course, now under Trump they feel empowered. They are completely unrestrained and untouchable.
The immigration people in every nation are drawn from the lowest levels of society. In a sense it's useful to non-residents. You can gauge how low that nation goes by the way its employees behave on the way in.
Canadian border people are an embarrassment, too, but they have training and supervision and it shows. The Yanks have neither, and the difference is immediately evident.
Kim Scheinberg
RustyRing
Peter Brown