[zobzu]

Ive been at the border several times, non us citizen, and i've always been treated with respect. In fact, the guys at the border were always nice to me, sometimes dared a joke or asked me for help to translate something to someone else.

So yeah, i'm sure there's horrible ones and troubles happen, but i wouldn't make that a generality just like that.

[jansen]

I am one of the lucky ones as well and have been treated with respect every time. Sometimes I even had insightful conversations with border control.

However, along the increasing rejections of visa for highly talented people + more and more stories like this one are signaling a very very bad trend.

I have noticed both among my peers: visa rejections for founders with funding from US investors, befriended founders who are being pulled into second screening every time they enter the country, my co-founder being rejected to enter the country once and now also being pulled into second screening every time (despite having an O1 visa). It's degrading and simply horrifying. And most definitely not a good trend for the US.

This is a very emotional topic. I get sad and angry every time I read or hear a similar story.

[nraynaud]

Frankly, there is this nice guy in Toronto (a CBP agent at a pre-check thing), he scares me. He's always been nice (I mean chatting and stuff, recognizing me, trying to speak French, etc.), but I'm always afraid that I might give the wrong answer to a joke or something and hell would break lose. Maybe the probability is lower because he's also a foreigner there, but once is enough to change your life. I can't help but think about the Zone Libre checkpoints when I cross the US border.