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0 pointsvenomsnake10y ago0 comments

Border controls are one thing. Freedom of movements is another. Being forced to flash id card at the border is not the same as the border officer being able to refuse entry to a legal EU citizen.

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anigbrowl10y ago

I'm not cool with flashing ID. Could you imagine being in the US and having to go through checkpoints every time you crossed a state border?

selimthegrim10y ago

You've never seen the ag inspection stations at California border crossings, or the Border Patrol posts near the NM/TX line?

dragonwriter10y ago

> You've never seen the ag inspection stations at California border crossings, or the Border Patrol posts near the NM/TX line?

The latter has nothing essential to do with the NM/TX border, there are border patrol checkpoints (including mobile ones) in a pretty wide swath "near" the Mexican border. They don't exist to enforce any kind of control on state borders.

jacquesm10y ago

True, but that means long lines waiting at the borders between countries again (hours for citizens, days for trucks). The damage would be enormous.

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