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>But he said he had never had a problem visiting the US before. Has he visited the US between that law passing and before Trumps ban without any issues?
by lawless123 10y ago
>But he said he had never had a problem visiting the US before.
Has he visited the US between that law passing and before Trumps ban without any issues?
- CaptSpify 10y agoIf anyone has more knowledge about this let me know but... I think the decisions about who to detain are typically arbitrary and decided by that particular agent at the time.
- Arnt 10y agoDifficult to believe that a junior agent dares to stop someone with a Norwegian diplomatic passport.
- dagw 10y agoNot if he's been told by everyone from his immediate superior right on up to the President to stop EVERYONE!!! with an Iranian stamp.
- CaptSpify 10y agoI kind of agree. I don't know how the process works which is why I'm asking for someone more knowledgeable. But my current understanding is that is how it is done.
- coldtea 10y agoSo you mean that terrorists just need to create officially looking Norwegian diplomatic passports?
- halomru 10y agoOr pretend to have lost their passport and get a new passport without stamp. Or get a secondary passport that's made available by most governments because of issues like this one. But you are right in principle. Letting people through because they look important is a big security hole.
- kybernetikos 10y agoThere's not a whole lot that border control can do to stop people who are good at making fake passports though.
- dwc 10y ago"Please step over here, sir, while I contact my supervisor" is about what I'd expect at worst from a junior agent in this situation.
- lawless123 10y agoIt could be the change in Admin has prompted them to simply be more diligent about enforcement. Also detaining the former Norwegian PM would make it look less like they're targeting specific groups.
- dagw 10y agoFrom the aftenposten[1] article he was in the US last year, after the law was passed, with same passport and the same stamp and was not stopped or questioned about it. [1]http://www.aftenposten.no/verden/Bondevik-hadde-iransk-stempel-i-passet---ble-stoppet-pa-flyplassen-i-Washington-614414b.html http://www.aftenposten.no/verden/Bondevik-hadde-iransk-stemp...
- coldtea 10y ago>Has he visited the US between that law passing and before Trumps ban without any issues? Doesn't say much, as it only takes a random border idiot to get into that situation -- so you might, or might not, even if before you were coming in without issue.