I have a citizenship for a reason. You know who I am. I shouldn't not be subjected to unreasonable search, I should be treated to an express lane where they can simply scan my ID, see I am not a threat and let me go on my way.
[0] People like me. I get flagged every single time I enter the United States.
My post got downvoted since the story was a bit rambly so I removed it. :)
Anecdotally, my octagenarian grandmother outright refuses to fly anymore. Why? Because about a year ago she had to go through a 3-hour intensive screening/interview process which involved invasive searches because she had used hair spray that morning.
Ridiculous. Knowing her, if she hadn't had a relative with her, she probably would have wound up in the hospital. And that's justified because the agency is afraid of failure?
No, they have already failed beyond redemption IMO.
Not to say we should have no security, but I suspect we're past the point of doing more harm than good.
It is not common sense but totally sensical. A grandma could have been threatened to strap it on her butt or her relative/friend gets it in the head.
Why is it not okay to discriminate based on race, religion, gender, but okay to discriminate based on citizenship, which for most cases is what you're stuck with at birth and hard to change?
That said, part of being a citizen is having trustworthy documentation on record. The trust conferred by this information ought to be granted regardless of the traits you’ve identified.