Leif Johansson writes: > Is this perception of"risk" based on any evidence? What exactly are you"at > risk" of happening to you? Can you point to any example of whatever you're > afraid of having happened? Do you read the news? At all? I don't think you cross the US border very often. If you want real examples of arbitrary harassment, detention, or refusal of entry, just talk to any of the thousands of Canadians who have to cross the border every day. Recently, there has been an uptick in people entering the US for conferences being rejected because they do not have a work visa. The US is also now strictly enforcing rules around obtaining prior authorization if you intend to stay more than 30 days. Not directly meeting related, but this can -- and has -- entrapped Canadians who winter over in Florida. A US border official can detain you, refuse entry, and ban reentry for five years, just because they don't like the way you combed your hair. I.e., they do not require *any* justification. It has been like this for decades, but it's only recently that they feel fully empowered to act out their fascist fantasies. And they are wasting no time getting down to it. This is not a theoretical problem. --lyndon
