←back to thread

I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks

(www.theguardian.com)
1009 points n1b0m | 1 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
Show context
BrandoElFollito ◴[19 Mar 25 12:37 UTC] No.43411050[source]▶
I traveled to the US (from my country -France- and many others) for 12 years. About a trip every month. The last time was 10 years ago.

I never had any problems (outside the horrible behaviour of border officers who show you that you are not welcome). I was stopped once by a policeman when I did an illegal car maneuver (which is tolerated in France), and when he realized I was a tourist with family, he just said, "Be careful, have a nice trip."

Today I am seriously considering never going to the US anymore because it looks like it is not a good destination anymore. I may be wrong though, I hope.

replies(7): >>43411095 #>>43411267 #>>43411338 #>>43411832 #>>43413107 #>>43415178 #>>43419600 #
gs17 ◴[19 Mar 25 15:15 UTC] No.43413107[source]▶
> outside the horrible behaviour of border officers who show you that you are not welcome

They've always (in my life, which is largely post 9/11) done that to US citizens too. Going into Canada it was "where are you going to? the beach, eh? have a nice day!", coming back seemed to be performed under the suspicion that our passports were fake and our car was made out of drugs. Despite doing nothing wrong, we were always afraid of getting in trouble because a border agent felt like it.

replies(2): >>43413890 #>>43414401 #
1. dowager_dan99 ◴[19 Mar 25 16:10 UTC] No.43413890[source]▶
As a Canadian travelling throughout much of the world, border controls aside from the US always seem much more concerned with imported goods (tax collection and protecting agriculture, etc) than imported people.