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CRussel · 04-08-2011, 06:17 PM

Let's be clear, FF2. When you cross into the US, border guards can seize pretty much anything they want, and subject you to just about anything they want to subject you to. And you have essentially no recourse. That is the nature of borders, and the US border is perhaps more annoyingly arbitrary and autocratic than most. I have dual US citizenship, so I at least have a right to enter the US. But that doesn't mean I do so without being subject to search and seizure.

04-08-2011, 06:17 PM	#3
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,297 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Let's be clear, FF2. When you cross into the US, border guards can seize pretty much anything they want, and subject you to just about anything they want to subject you to. And you have essentially no recourse. That is the nature of borders, and the US border is perhaps more annoyingly arbitrary and autocratic than most. I have dual US citizenship, so I at least have a right to enter the US. But that doesn't mean I do so without being subject to search and seizure.