- Mem,
Dear mem0101:
Serious question here, because I've recently witnessed this going through US customs in San Antonio's and Atlanta's international arrivals terminals.
Have you ever been harassed, temporarily detained or felt as if you were treated differently than non Latino travelers by US Customs agents?
Granted, it's none of my damn business.
I ask because my porteño squeeze refuses to ever travel to the USA with me again because he was detained and threatened by customs agents for two hours last October. He had all his papers in order (visa, passport, DNI, my "sponsor" document ensuring that if anything went wrong I'd pay for it) and he did absolutely nothing wrong. Just as I was about to call a local friend who is an attorney in Atlanta, they finally and very begrudgingly let my squeeze go. He stumbled out a gray door with several other Latinos who were all American citizens on their way home to Miami. We all missed our connecting flights.
Just asking.![]()
No, never. I've only been out of the country to the Bahamas (and Mexico on a cruise ship). I am an American citizen with an American Passport, so, no I don't fear that.
I think it was more the fact that he was gay that he was harassed.