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<blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 655561" data-attributes="member: 43545"><p>I did not say I was interrogated for hours, I was detained and kept waiting for hours. The camera was a weapon they said so they had justification for their actions. I am not familiar with the changing laws but know rights have been severely eroded so have no idea if they were outside of the law at that time. I avoid going back and suggest others not visit either. Their suggestion that they let me know because they verified I was a neighborhood homeowner seemed like they were targetting people who were defenseless. </p><p>One my last visit back, I first renewed my driver's license in Sacramento than returned by train to San Franciso where I planned to stay for a week visiting old friends and checking on my house in Marin County over the Golden Gate Bridge. When I booked the room online I prepaid the first night in a small hotel on Union Square. I took BART from the East Bay to the SF Market Street station and attempted to check in. I was told a law prevented me from checking in because I had no valid photo ID. I had my expired drivers license with photo, my renewed temporary driver's license and my American passport which certainly has my photo. The manager insisted the passport was not legal id in the US. Arguing did not help so I left to go find another hotel and found the same reception in each one. I checked all the hotels in the neighborhood and none would allow me to check in without a state photo id other than a passport. The only id that is valid internationally is the passport and the US is a signatory to the passport union so this made no sense but I finally found a small hostel that allowed me to check in. It was a cool place, very social with young people from all over the world. On my 3rd day the manager came to my room and said I needed to check out because the clerk on duty when I checked in did not know the law. </p><p>That is the craziness going back to the US has become. They accept passports for all but Americans, some homeland security rule. After the "camera is a weapon" claim of the polices a could years before, and the crazy "passport is not valid id" rule (yet now as I understand it a passport is now required to cross state lines by trains or air, not sure if it includes driving or walking across state lines. Heck in Europe you travel between 24 countries and no id or passport or visa is required but in the US a flight between states requires a passport. TAll these experiences are why I really avoid going back home at all Not many countries have as many restrictions and prohibitions. My GF wants me to take her to visit the US and I won't risk it, we travel all over but the US is not welcoming. At least she would be able to check into a hotel even if I can't because she is not a citizen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spb_stan, post: 655561, member: 43545"] I did not say I was interrogated for hours, I was detained and kept waiting for hours. The camera was a weapon they said so they had justification for their actions. I am not familiar with the changing laws but know rights have been severely eroded so have no idea if they were outside of the law at that time. I avoid going back and suggest others not visit either. Their suggestion that they let me know because they verified I was a neighborhood homeowner seemed like they were targetting people who were defenseless. One my last visit back, I first renewed my driver's license in Sacramento than returned by train to San Franciso where I planned to stay for a week visiting old friends and checking on my house in Marin County over the Golden Gate Bridge. When I booked the room online I prepaid the first night in a small hotel on Union Square. I took BART from the East Bay to the SF Market Street station and attempted to check in. I was told a law prevented me from checking in because I had no valid photo ID. I had my expired drivers license with photo, my renewed temporary driver's license and my American passport which certainly has my photo. The manager insisted the passport was not legal id in the US. Arguing did not help so I left to go find another hotel and found the same reception in each one. I checked all the hotels in the neighborhood and none would allow me to check in without a state photo id other than a passport. The only id that is valid internationally is the passport and the US is a signatory to the passport union so this made no sense but I finally found a small hostel that allowed me to check in. It was a cool place, very social with young people from all over the world. On my 3rd day the manager came to my room and said I needed to check out because the clerk on duty when I checked in did not know the law. That is the craziness going back to the US has become. They accept passports for all but Americans, some homeland security rule. After the "camera is a weapon" claim of the polices a could years before, and the crazy "passport is not valid id" rule (yet now as I understand it a passport is now required to cross state lines by trains or air, not sure if it includes driving or walking across state lines. Heck in Europe you travel between 24 countries and no id or passport or visa is required but in the US a flight between states requires a passport. TAll these experiences are why I really avoid going back home at all Not many countries have as many restrictions and prohibitions. My GF wants me to take her to visit the US and I won't risk it, we travel all over but the US is not welcoming. At least she would be able to check into a hotel even if I can't because she is not a citizen. [/QUOTE]
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