Originally Posted by Sjoerd
This can't be good for tourism to the US. I, for one, have decided not to visit the US for pleasure until this kind of behaviour by US law enforcement officers is corrected by sane policies.
That's right. It cannot be good for tourism. He was supposed to stay for a week, but decided to leave the next day. Furthremore, his experience is bound to make people less likely to visit than more.
A few weeks ago I was in Spain. A friend of mine there stated he no longer wanted to come to the US because of the hassle associated with it.