This is ridiculous! Some colleagues and I get back from Barcelona in December and while I didn't have any problems [1], my colleague who is Indian born, but wi

This is ridiculous! Some colleagues and I get back from Barcelona in December and while I didn't have any problems [1], my colleague who is Indian born, but with a green card, was questioned for 30 or so minutes. Gladly he didn't have his electronics seized but as a permanent resident of this country, one would have expected some better treatment. American border security has been among the most draconian one since I set foot into this country in 2007 [2]. I don't have high hopes from the next 4 to 8 years either. Conferences should start moving outside of the US. I don't see a point in non-Americans wanting to vacation in the US either -- there are a lot of other great places in the world. [1] I am born in the Middle East, with a name that raises all the alarm bells for the DHS and was on the NSEERS list. I was detained in 2010 for a few hours in DC on my way back from the Middle East (everything short of a full cavity search was done). As soon as I got my green card, I applied for Global Entry and now don't have to interact with any border security agents on my way back into the country. [2] In my early days, my boarding pass would have SSSS either hand written or printed on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_Security_Screening_Selection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_Security_Screening_S...