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It does call it out in the guide. >Border agents cannot deny a U.S. citizen admission to the country. However, if a foreign visitor declines, an agent may deny
by moonka 10y ago
It does call it out in the guide.
>Border agents cannot deny a U.S. citizen admission to the country. However, if a foreign visitor declines, an agent may deny them entry. If a lawful permanent resident declines, agents may raise complicated questions about their continued status as a resident.
- grabcocque 10y agoI see that, but it still doesn't fundamentally address what you should do. 1) comply - possibly incriminating yourself, endangering your security and anyone you have contact with or 2) refuse, get arrested, harassed, deported and probably placed on some kind of watch list as a known troublemaker Which should you choose?
- moonka 10y agoI'm not sure there's a third choice currently.
- infinite8s 10y agoDon't travel to the US seems to be the only 3rd option.
- schoen 10y agoA big point of the guide is that different people will want to choose differently between these two bad options.
- tdb7893 10y agoIf you want to go to America you have to comply. If you are stupid enough to have incriminating information on devices you are carrying across the border then you obviously refuse. The choice is just whether that privacy is more important than getting into America to you.
- PeterisP 10y agoThey do explicitly address that - as you yourself quoted above, travelers "... should plan for this dilemma ahead of time", i.e. depending on their personal situation, before the trip they should either be prepared to comply (ensuring beforehand that no incriminating information is accessible and full compliance, if needed, won't endanger themselves or others) or be prepared to refuse and face the consequences; if they believe that they are likely to be inspected for some reasons (the vast majority of travelers are not) then this includes making plans on how to mitigate the effects of not getting across the border.