General Discussion

Francis Walter and Pat McCarran hated Jews, the Chinese, and Communists in that order. Our immigration laws were designed to keep people out, make the process of immigration as cumbersome, time consuming, and expensive as possible, and the revisions under Reagan made even a speeding ticket subject to revocation and deportation.

If they are admitted, they have civil rights and a way to fight. At the border, they do not.

I was almost denied re-entry into the US from Nogales four times because I refused to answer personal questions like:

What did you do in Mexico? (None of your business)
Where do you live? (That way. . pointed towards Tucson)
How long were you in Mexico? (long enough to do what I needed to do)

I was told by an obnoxious CBP officer, well yelled at, that I will answer all their questions and "why is it Americans cause all our problems?"

They won't allow video or cameras at their checkpoints because they don't want video evidence of their abuses to be used against them.

CBP has all the power at the border. And under this asshole in the White House, they are even worse.