Originally Posted by
yyzvoyageur
Yes, it would be fantastic if there was an easy fool-proof way to tell the good guys from the law-breakers at a border point without examination. Unfortunately the fact that she is a "Thai woman who weighs 90 pounds" does not preclude the possibility that she was in the US for unlawful purposes.
It would be fantastic if there was a way to tell the good guys from the law-breakers
with examination.
Border examinations are nothing more than showy attempts at mind-reading and crystal ball gazing. They filter people out based on stereotypes.
I suspect that anyone who wanted to cross a border for illegal activity could go through the work to make themselves appear to be mundane enough to pass, whereas people who are a bit more interesting are hassled because their travel plans don't fit some goober's idea of a "normal" travel profile.