Originally Posted by
Jamoldo
With regards to the OP (and without getting into my experiences with agents), here's how I would have answered the question, and I'm surprised no one has answered as such.
"I got a 300 USD roundtrip ticket to go to Cambodia, a country I've never been too that has a deep history and culture that I've been meaning to get a glimpse of for a long time. It's a shame that given work constraints that I can't go for more than 3 days, but for 300 USD roundtrip, it sure beats sitting on the couch all weekend, don't you think?" Such approaches have yet to fail me.
^Spot on, Jamoldo! If U do something unusual, have a reasonable explanation.
Re: CXYYZ, Civicmon, & others: Returning to the baseline ?? is intelligent interrogation to catch lies, nervousness, & inconsistencies. Asking the same ?? a dozen times in a row like a broken record is what my now-deceased, retarded Cousin Steven (IQ = 50, upper trainable, almost educable) did. Each asking must be far enough apart in time from the last to allow the questionee to forget what s/he said before!
Re: the OP: IMO U did not lie about Denied Entry, which IMHO means, 'Go home--UR not welcome in our country, so stay out.' The officer in Detroit said, 'Go home, fetch your passport, & then come on in!'
If Imm./Customs officers may not ask us ??s, what is the point of having them at all. But they should be reasonable & intelligent. What do Israeli Immigration & El Al security do differently/ better?