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canadian_voter·

It really depends where you're coming from and where you've been.

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...

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Though of course, said former Prime Minister was actually detained under an Obama-era policy that had nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with a law passed in late 2015 that had overwhelming bipartisan support. One which got very little coverage until it could be tied to Trump's actions somehow.

It appears that Trump's CBP is significantly different from Obama's though. Where CBP had the option to stop travelers and didn't exercise it in the past, they're now doing so more frequently (at least for the subset of travelers in targeted countries).

This is the problem with giving wide latitude to a trusted administration - it doesn't stop there.

> CBP had the option to stop travelers and didn't exercise it in the past

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.

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