• doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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    1 month ago

    I’m in the US and my daughter’s boyfriend is in London. He has visited a few times and they grill him for awhile, but they let him in. They have done this in the past though too. Sme friends and I were searched and questioned for several hours just coming back from Canada one time, and we were all citizens. That was in the '90s.

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      1 month ago

      The warning they’re providing is that devices and social might be searched. I think that’s a pretty sensible warning with things as they are.

      Border searches have always been a thing, but I don’t think there’s any doubt that travellers are being grilled more in the last 100 days.

      It’s different if there’s a spouse you need to visit in the US.

      The US has never been an interesting destination for me, but if I were planning a holiday there just for fun I would definitely look at other destinations for the time being.