• doingthestuff@lemy.lol
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    13
    ·
    2 days ago

    It’s kinda always been that way though, kinda on and off. I’m a white American citizen and I was detained over 4hrs coming back from Canada in the 90s. And six hours coming in from Mexico just before that. I’ve also been searched by guys holding AKs crossing European borders in the late 80s. And yet my US - Canada and back trip last month was super easy. Hostile borders have existed forever. I say, travel anyway.

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      2 days ago

      I’ve also been searched by guys holding AKs crossing European borders in the late 80s

      Yeah but that was before the soviet union fell and people were getting shot trying to cross over to west Berlin over the wall… It’s absolutely insane that the US is now starting to be comparable to those horrifying times.