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Re:US Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates by hector_vasquez on Thursday March 07, 2019 @02:11PM (#19331124)
Involuntarily locking up and interrogating someone for 13 hours isn't "asking for information," and yes, it is unreasonable. In the land of the free/home of the brave that is known as an "arrest," and it can only be done if there's a charge. This is simply using passport flagging and ports of entry to persecute the political enemies of the current administration.
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Re:US Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates by renholder on Thursday March 07, 2019 @04:27PM (#19332640)
Normally, I'd be on the upboat train to upvote town for your comment but there's a caveat that you've overlooked:

When you're at a border crossing, the protections that you believe that you have are actually lessened or non-existent.[0]

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception

Feck it, have an upboat, anyways, just on principle.

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