Tips for a Stress-Free Border Crossing
| March 31, 2017
6. Acknowledge that you will be profiled
No one wants to admit it, but racial profiling happens all the time at the border. It’s unfortunate, but border guards are trained to use your ethnicity as a factor in determining how much of a risk you pose to the United States. It’s even more unfortunate, but recently, President Trump’s attempted ban on seven different Muslim-majority countries has raised the stakes on what it means to look like an ethnic minority at the border. It’s important to acknowledge that you will be profiled when crossing the border, and while you are under no obligation to dress differently than how you normally would, make sure that your face is open and friendly when approaching the border, no matter what clothes you wear.
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