Well they did just that.
What reason did they give? Besides the smuggled Camembert, of course.
Well they did just that.
What reason did they give? Besides the smuggled Camembert, of course.
They suspected I would not leave even though I never overstayed during my past visits.It's apparently common.
They suspected I would not leave even though I never overstayed during my past visits.It's apparently common.
Oh. So PreCrime.
Yes, I had no way to prove I wasn't going to commit a crime in the future (how do you do that??) so I was deported on the spot.
All my belongins trashed (the airline had to buy me a new suitcase since the US customs officers crushed mine while it was technically under airline care) and my future flights canceled on my behalf (so no way to later ask for a refund).
Then dropped in a country where I had no plan to go, and no local currency once I got there to even buy food.
And they wonder why some foreigners hate America.I thought pissing someone off and putting him back on a plane with no escort was poor policy, some people could get violent.
Good thing my opinion of this country is based on the nice people I met and not the badge wearing *******s who work at the border.
They do not represnt America, only their government.
Sorry for the thread jack.
Whoa, Sylvain. That is awful! As an American, I would like to apologize for the way you were treated. It's infuriating to think that was done on my behalf. I wish we could have deported that d-bag and kept you instead.
Too bad you didn't have my phone number.
Then again, I'd probably end up in jail for disagreeing with "the Man".
Meh, it's to keep you safe!
There's even more to the story, not sure I will share on here, it was a pretty bad day.
The worst that my lady was waiting for me at the airport and she never got to see me, I had to beg an officer to let me call her to tell her she could go home.Otherwise she would have been waiting for me all day worrying until I could call her again from France.
Very long day too.I did Paris - Chicago, Chicago-Paris on the same day (even airline crews don't do that without rest).Lots of plane time for a day.
On my way back to Paris I was questioned by French custom officers, they wondered why everything in my bags was such a mess (documents torn apart, including a copy of the Bill of Rights ironically, clothes unfolded etc).
The US officers dropped the content of my bags on the floor multiple times to search them before putting me on the plane.
The French officers were shocked by the level of unprofessionalism of their US colleagues when I told them what happened.
They told me they don't do that here and even offered me a drink in their rest room.
They already complained I knew too much people here and could easily have stayed illegally.
Apparently they only let tourists in if they don't know any Americans and barely speak English (they complained my English was too good too lol).
They should have been glad I saved tax payer's money by not requesting a translator because no officer their spoke a second language, which is odd when your job is to deal with foreigners all day long.
i have no problem with respecting an atheist not using a bible. Like you said it means nothing to them anyways. Also I know atheist that are very moral and good people.
i am not a practicing Christian but I am a Christian. I do know our country was founded on Christian platforms and that is good and I hope we always stay a Christian nation.
or Muslims like obama
Their level of "un"professionalism pisses me off also.
And, about a second language, how many languages are there on earth?
It's not like they're going to learn them all.
Now, if they were going to France, then I'd agree.
In France customs officers are expected to know 2 or 3 at least.
Knowing just one seems weird when you deal with foreigners all day, of course you can't know them all.
I asked an officer if he spoke any foreign languages (after they already decided to deport me so I didn't care about pissing them off).
He said he only spoke English and bad English.
What a joke.
One would think having a French speaker and Spanish speaker on hand would only make sense. Those are spoken by our two neighbors, and most of the hemisphere. French is familiar to much of Africa as well. But hey, who am I to tell bubba how to do his job.
Lol, if it weren't sad, it would be funny.
I spent a couple of weeks in Europe in 2001. Never had any trouble finding someone who spoke English.
Hopefully this gets resolved for you Sylvain so I can take you to a strip club
ill bring the ones, you bring yourself.lol awesome!
I think I still have a few one dollar bills around!