Egypt was a great experience. Returning to the US was a shock. Keep in mind I have a US passport which gets used and renewed. Egypt was not my first overseas trip. It was not my first return to the US through LAX. However, it was my first return to my home country since the establishment of the tRUMP administration. A Custom Border Patrol (CBP) agent made an implied threat to my husband as to the future of our family. Our family did not violate any laws. However, CBP felt compelled to threaten a law abiding resident and citizen, for some unknown reason. CBP agents would not provide any additional information. I am left assuming that they disagree with our choice of vacation destination.
The CBP agents may not be aware that people are free to travel and explore any country as long as all laws are followed. CBP may not like my choice of holiday destination, but that should not impact on how the deal with law abiding travelers from any nation. Travelers are not by default criminals as we are now made to feel.
People travel for many reasons. I do it to seek adventure and explore interesting cultures and locations. Others travel to reconnect with family or their past. Whatever, the reason it is part of human nature. To place restrictions on law abiding citizens and make implied threats to a traveler's future stability, is wrong. I fear for my country under the misguided direction of hate and ignorance being openly accepted and encouraged by the current administration.
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