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Rights, like a muscle, must be exercised. However, I feel entering a country which I'm not a citizen of (like the US), is a privilege, not a right. Thus, they

• ojbyrne 16y ago
  Body scanners aren't just used at entry to the US, they're used to get on domestic flights also.
  • latch 16y ago
    yes, I understand that, and I have no problems with a separate set of rules (which, in fact, already exist). I'm just pointing out a different perspective.
  • adw 16y ago
    The only time I've been through one (I'm a UK citizen) has been on a US domestic flight: Reagan, DC to Newark.
• sstone 16y ago
  People in the lawsuit are US citizens. They just don't want to get naked and receive more radiation every time they board any flight in the US. People outside the US must also sometimes fly to the US for business purposes. It is not easy sometimes to choose not to go to the US.
• ataggart 16y ago
  Note that (unless otherwise worded) the Constitution's "protections" are actually restrictions on the government, and apply everywhere and always to government agents acting under constitutional authority. As such, the nationality of the those with whom the government interacts is irrelevant. I imagine that you can opt-out of the electronic strip search, just as US citizens can. An interesting, though sadly irrelevant note: the Constitution does not grant to the Federal government the power to regulate foreign immigration.
  • tptacek 16y ago
    Nationality may be irrelevant, but a US border setting certainly is not. As a rule of thumb: you have drastically diminished rights at the US border.
    • jrockway 16y ago
      Not really. If they arrest you, you still have to be arraigned within 24 hours and have to be given a speedy jury trial. It's really only the search-and-seizure business that does not apply. They think.
• pyre 16y ago
  > However, I feel entering a country which I'm not > a citizen of (like the US), is a privilege, not a > right. Thus, they can ask anything of me they want.. > and I can chose not to enter the country. What about when your flight makes an emergency landing in the US (i.e. a passenger has a heart-attack)? You are forced to enter the country even though you may not want to. This was the case with some Iranian refugees that were trying to seek asylum in Canada. They had fake Greek passports, and their flight had to make an emergency landing in the US. The US officials then arrested them for trying to enter the US with fake passports.