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I wonder how they get access to this information.

It didn't even seem like the US govt is coordinated enough between the different states to reliably catch this.

They ask you.

If you lie about it they will likely ban you for even longer.

Do they ask you if you lied immediately after the first question?

You’re being snarky, but the reason they just ask you is so that if you’re caught lying they can deport you for the lie, rather than having to try to deport you for whatever you did.

I responded to the initial comment in this particular thread with my own anecdotal experience[0]. At no point were we asked about anything related to his fake ID charge, prior convictions, etc.

They simply ID'd us, asked us where we were heading and why, then told us to pull aside. They knew already.

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28465851

Has he been fingerprinted during the fake ID incident?

Fingerprint records will come up at the border.

From original comment:

> he had been busted for using a fake ID at a bar to buy booze when he was a minor.

Is that an output problem or an input problem?

It may be that the states are terrible at gathering information rather than reporting it.

There isn't a great system for inter-state reporting in the USA. That may be good, or bad.. But states operate largely independently.

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