yeehaw@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoCanadians crossing U.S. land borders will now be photographed | Nationaldailyhive.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down12
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minus-squareveee@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoMy aunt travelled very recently to the States, but because she wasn’t subject to being ID’d my dad has been singing fake news for the last few days.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoMy guess is that it is still in the process of being implemented. And my guess is that they are implementing this everywhere to prevent people who want to overstay their visa to have a loophole.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoThat would be the stated reasons. It’s what else they’ll do with all that juicy personal information that concerns me. Then again, I (and a lot of other canadians) didn’t need any additional reasons to not go there, so it’s not changing my plans to stay away from Trumpistan.
My aunt travelled very recently to the States, but because she wasn’t subject to being ID’d my dad has been singing fake news for the last few days.
My guess is that it is still in the process of being implemented.
And my guess is that they are implementing this everywhere to prevent people who want to overstay their visa to have a loophole.
That would be the stated reasons.
It’s what else they’ll do with all that juicy personal information that concerns me.
Then again, I (and a lot of other canadians) didn’t need any additional reasons to not go there, so it’s not changing my plans to stay away from Trumpistan.