>Some of them were "detained", put with handcuffed for over 20 hrs.
I have travel coming up in two months, this makes me nervous.
Do you have a source for this by any chance?
I have travel coming up in two months, this makes me nervous.
Do you have a source for this by any chance?
If your a former Prime Minister of an allied nation, you'll probably only be detained an hour[0].
Otherwise your mileage may vary[1]. Your local authorities can probably give you some guidance on this.
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/0...
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/nyregion/airports-travele...
This is the problem with giving wide latitude to a trusted administration - it doesn't stop there.
I had a colleague on H1b who was sent home because his port of new york when his place of employment was houston. He was going to visit his sister there before flying to houston.
This is not a rare exception. There were many, many cases like this in 2009.
Sudanese student at Stanford detained, handcuffed at JFK airport
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/28/stanford-university-st...
She claimed that customs officials appeared confused and were apologetic to the detained travelers. One of them told her: “I have to do this.”