I was travelling with a Canadian passport. I arrived at San Francisco, with a subsequent connecting flight to Toronto. The agent asked me the usual questions, I showed him my ticket etc... He then asked me to look at the camera and place my fingers on the scanner. This was in 2005, and had I had never seen this before and he said that all foreigners travelling in the US had to do this. Why was it that even though I was a Canadian on a short visit (transiting), was forced to get finger printed even before this?
Having gone to the U.S. many times, this is getting outrageous. I and many others will not be comfortable with having some grunt rummage through important business documents that shouldn't be yet available to public eyes.
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I was travelling with a Canadian passport. I arrived at San Francisco, with a subsequent connecting flight to Toronto. The agent asked me the usual questions, I showed him my ticket etc... He then asked me to look at the camera and place my fingers on the scanner. This was in 2005, and had I had never seen this before and he said that all foreigners travelling in the US had to do this. Why was it that even though I was a Canadian on a short visit (transiting), was forced to get finger printed even before this?
They can search anything that comes into the U.S. through post.
Having gone to the U.S. many times, this is getting outrageous. I and many others will not be comfortable with having some grunt rummage through important business documents that shouldn't be yet available to public eyes.