You're right to do so, but I think the urgency has changed. Since Bush and 9/11 we had some dubious, secret lists like the "no-fly list" — but we also had a bunch of other secret lists, too.
The difference is now you get a Customs agent named CatFart69 and it's all up to him.
That is hugely important, and differentiating, because until this current administration, the incompetence (or willful white supremacism / pro-wrestling hero-worship) was at least centralized. Now it is outsourced to the lowest common moron/incel functionary.
Which is a truly fundamental difference.
Do not come. If you truly must, take similar precautions as you would when visiting Iran or North Korea.
The difference is now you get a Customs agent named CatFart69 and it's all up to him.
That is hugely important, and differentiating, because until this current administration, the incompetence (or willful white supremacism / pro-wrestling hero-worship) was at least centralized. Now it is outsourced to the lowest common moron/incel functionary.
Which is a truly fundamental difference.
Do not come. If you truly must, take similar precautions as you would when visiting Iran or North Korea.