I wonder how many actual terrorists they pick up for saying "I'm here for terrorism"

wongarsu an hour ago | parent | next [-]

On the other hand, if somebody said "I'm here for terrorism" and the immigration officer laughed that off, imagine the shitstorm if that person turns out to be a terrorist.

For the individual employee the cost of wasting someone's time by escalating the case and detaining them is zero, the potential cost of letting someone slip by is realistically tiny but potentially huge

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rusk an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Believe it or not it’s a question on the pre-clearance form for travel to the US: ”are you or have you ever been a member of a terrorist organisation” - I always wondered what the rationale for that was

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wongarsu an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It's easier to deport people for lying on their immigration form than for having been a member of a terrorist organization

	▲	kozziollek 42 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		But to prove lying you would have to prove being a terrorist anyway...

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Scoundreller 24 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I liked the “have you been in contact with someone with Ebola” questions the kiosk used to ask people entering Canada.

I’m like, uhhhh, I dunno, maybe? A little late to inform me that I was supposed to be asking/testing everyone.

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mschuster91 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> I always wondered what the rationale for that was

One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. An easy way to keep communists out of the country.

And we've seen how easy it is to expand that list with "antifa" groups just recently, with antifa groups in Germany having to deal with their banks closing their accounts because the banks were afraid of getting hit with retaliation in their US business.