Another appalling border story.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/i-was-a-british-tourist-trying-to-leave-america-then-i-was-detained-shackled-and-sent-to-an-immigration-detention-centre
One take-away: despite the "shock and awe" theory of Trump's neo-fascist anti-other posturing, US (and Canadian) border guards still heavily rely on people to tell the truth. People who lie about difficult-to-verify things end up better off in such moments.
This is not advice: I'm not counseling fraud. But...
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