Threatening to detain you indefinitely (your rights aren’t the same at the border/customs as they are after entering the country), or just outright deny you entry.
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realitista@lemmy.world 10 months agoHow can they compel me?
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
realitista@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I heard they can’t actually hold you more than a couple days if you are a citizen./?
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
That’s after you go through customs. AFAIK, that doesn’t apply to people coming into the country.
Although this administration holds people more than 48 hours regardless.
Tja@programming.dev 10 months ago
You either unlock it or we send you back.
realitista@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Can they really deport a US citizen?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Other countries can. But technically, the US government cannot deny a US citizen access.
Tja@programming.dev 10 months ago
Are they allowed to? Absolutely not. But… who is stopping them?