I love how we ostensibly have rights but the exercising of rights is used by Law Enforcement as justification to do whatever the hell they wanted anyway.

Land of the free indeed.

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nkrisc an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Foreign countries have no obligation to admit you within their borders.

There’s many points you could make about the United States and immigration, but I don’t think this is one of them.

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comte7092 24 minutes ago | parent [-]

Whataboutism with respect to other nations’ immigration rules is so lazy.

As Americans we have ideals and standards that we all grew up being taught and believing, we shouldn’t be participating in a race to the bottom.

There’s absolutely no reason why foreign nationals should be made to divulge the contents of their personal devices carte Blanche. Any search should be targeted based on a reasonable suspicion of that specific individual. This is the American tradition, these are American ideals. Asserting otherwise is unpatriotic.

	▲	wonderwonder 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		He's not talking about other nations, he's talking about the US and saying if you are not a citizen of a nation, its a foreign nation to you and they have no obligation to let you in.

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Etheryte an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are many contexts where this comment would apply, but border crossing is not one of them. If you're a foreigner trying to enter another country, then by definition you have less rights than natives.

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tcdent 23 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There is a solution to this. You can become a US citizen.

	▲	jameshart 12 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		* terms and conditions may apply
	▲	LastTrain 3 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Another option is that we can treat our guests better.

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flanked-evergl an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wait people who are not US citizens/residents have a right to enter the US? Wow that's crazy. I knew y'all were liberal but I don't know you are that liberal. No other country I know of gives non citizens/residents a right to enter.

	▲	wrs 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Who said anything about a “right to enter”? This is just about not massively invading visitors’ privacy for no good reason. Of course, if you just don’t want anyone with intelligence or dignity to visit the country, this is great policy.

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drstewart 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you talking about Australia or Canada?

https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/edd-ean-eng.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/18/returning-trav...

Progressive utopias indeed