Originally Posted by
EK029
Why does this happen exactly? Do US nationals have their fingerprints stored on the biometric chip of their passports?
The fact that this happens to ethnic minority citizens (I'm guessing the Muslim/Arab/Asian looking ones) shows how hideously uncomfortable the US is with diversity.
This is not necessarily true. I have a friend who is English (white) and he had a rude officer entering the US one time while living and working here on an H1-B visa. On that occasion it should be pointed out that the CBP officer was black.
I myself (non-white person) have traveled to the US under the following category over the years - Visa Wavier Program, Visa holder (H1-B), Green Card holder and now US citizen. I have posted in other threads about this but the one occasion I got a lot of questions was while as a US citizen. I don't ever recall rude behavior or any issues travelling in and out of the country.