Maybe, but being detained for a couple hours is better than committing a felony, no?

jeroenhd 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It depends on how "native" you look perhaps, but you can be detained for more than a week and a half if the border authorities don't like you: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/us-citizen-j...

Of course they shouldn't do that to US citizens, but they also shouldn't be targetting protestors they have a personal gripe with.

	▲	refurb an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I mean the guy didn’t have proper documentation and admitted to illegally entering the US (not at a crossing I assume). It’s a completely different situation.

LtWorf 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A couple of hours sounds like you don't have any knowledge of how these things go.

	▲	refurb an hour ago \| parent [-]
		As someone who immigrated to the US and has been detained in secondary inspection I can assure you I do have knowledge in this area.