US asks, are you a terrorist? Scottish grandfather gives wrong answer
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Uncomfortable questions asked of travellers at the US border are at least as old as Ellis Island, the former gateway for millions arriving in New York Harbor by sea. In the hall of the inspection centre, opened in 1892, officials asked new arrivals about disabilities, infectious diseases and whether they had been “in a prison, almshouse or institution for care of the insane.”
The questions asked by ESTA and other immigration procedures have evolved alongside security concerns in the United States.
The Immigration and Nationality Act, which sets out the eligibility of people to enter the US, was amended after the September 11, 2001, attacks to expand the grounds for denying entry to people who the government said had ties to terrorist activities or groups — and, in some cases, for denying entry to their families.
In 2016, the Obama administration tightened the rules to prevent citizens of 38 countries who had travelled to Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen after March 1, 2011, from entering the United States under ESTA.
It also required visa applications of people from the 38 countries who were also citizens of Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria. Other requirements have been relaxed, such as the 22-year ban on HIV-positive foreigners entering the United States, which was scrapped in 2010.
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