> The point of Global Entry is that Immigration and Customs Enforcement did a background check on you and decided you were cool
Technically Global Entry is run by a different organization than ICE, but under the same parent organization. GE is run by "Customs and Border Protection", which is a sibling organization to ICE. Obviously it's all the US government, so it doesn't matter a ton...
> well, your background just changed, didn't it?
NO! This is an absolutely unreasonable take.
The bigger issue is "When you demonstrate against them" is a protected action by our laws. So taking a legally protected action and expecting to keep your government entitlements is reasonable. This is entirely a non-essential scheme to help punish people for speaking out against ICE; they're just pulling all the levers they have.
It is a reasonable assumption that the government would not declare you a higher-risk traveler because you attended a protest. Let's not pretend that this is reasonable behavior.
It also depends. Do you mean protesting by holding up a sign on the sidewalk and chanting. That's absolutely protected. Do you mean "protesting" where you obstruct ICE officers, throw things at their vehicles, create an "autonomous zone" and vandalize businesses? Because none of those things are actions that a reasonable citizen who is a low risk for reentry takes.
Global Entry is a fast lane because they've evaluated the risk an individual poses. Someone who shows they're angry with the authorities also shows that the risk profile has changed. The fast lane at Immigration and Customs is not a right.
Yes it is. Especially when this is all in context of the article, which you have either not read, willfully ignored the context within it, or somehow decided it is untrustworthy while providing no reasoning as to why.
> Do you mean "protesting" where you obstruct ICE officers, throw things at their vehicles, create an "autonomous zone" and vandalize businesses? Because none of those things are actions that a reasonable citizen who is a low risk for reentry takes.
We have no evidence the woman in the article did any of that. She was filming them in a public space.
We have seen DHS try to claim this is illegal repeatedly - as noted in this Cato Insitute article (hardly a left leaning institution!) - so there is no reason for us to disbelieve that they would take this stance.
Why you think it is acceptable for a government agency to penalize you for holding them accountable with your first amendment right is beyond me. I would also suggest that it is inherently unamerican.
Global entry is just a fast pass for getting through the border.
I can't tell any difference between arriving with global entry or using the regular lane. Who ever is working the border asks the same dumb questions that they ask in the regular line.
How can you say that's not true when Ive crossed the border and been asked the same silly questions they ask on the regular line? Its just faster because the line is shorter.
I have GE and haven't even talked to an agent in the last four entries. The last time I didn't have to claim my baggage which was really strange (YVR).
That would still be a benefit even if that was the case, but I frequently do not have to say a word beyond "hello" or "have a good one" to the border agent.
As someone who has traveled extensively with and without GE, your experience is extremely atypical. Not just for myself, not just for people I am acquainted with, but for all of the people I see in the customs lines and watching the speed of the lines. When I was dating a woman who was not a citizen, if we were returning internationally she would have me go through the GE line to go get the car, etc., and I would regularly have gotten through, walked to the car, loaded my luggage, and driven back around to arrivals and still had time to kill while waiting for her to arrive.
This is perhaps the first time in my life I've heard of someone saying that they haven't seen a difference after acquiring GE.
In the other comment where I replied to you I explicitly mention I barely talk to the CBP officers at all with GE, vs. having a whole script without it.
You barely talk to the the border agents on the regular line though. What are they really doing to check you? Its the same simple questions, where are you going, wheres home, anything to declare then you go through. The regular line for citizens is only long because there's a lot of people in it, not because they're doing anything special.
