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by notch656a 1375 days ago
They (US CBP for US ciizen) have to let you in.

But they will lie to you and tell you they won't let you in.

They will also lie to you and tell you they have the power to cancel your passport.

I've had them pull both 'tricks' on me. Not a lot of people are well versed on their rights and without access to a lawyer it would be easy to believe a federal officer when they tell you these things. If you believe what a federal officer tells you, which is probably most Americans, being told you won't be let in unless you do X is going to be taken literally as 'unless I do X, I am denied entry to the country.' They will simply comply on the basis of a fraudulent lie, which I might add a material lie like this is a felony if a normal citizen says it to a federal agent.

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We really need to be putting these people in jail for these kind of lies.