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I'm a big fan of the show Border Security, as much as all the border news stories are concerning, thinking back on the TV show as well as my own immigration knowledge, I know for a fact that these things happen on a daily basis across all major U.S. airports under all administrations. We all know that a valid U.S. is no guarantee of entry. You can literally visit the U.S. on a British passport visa-free, and CBP can still turn you away because they think you're poor and can't support yourself for 3 weeks. The only person I know who was turned away at a U.S. border was one of my college friends. She was born and raised in Dubai, but because both her parents are Indian, she's an Indian citizen. She left the U.S. for India after college, and tried to come back on a tourist visa. At the time, she was single, but was in a long-distance relationship with a U.S. citizen. She booked a one way flight with no return flight, and she expected the CBP officer to give her a 6-month stay. Being single and visiting the U.S. on a tourist visa without a return flight was a red flag itself. She didn't discuss any of her plans with me beforehand. I was freaking out about losing contact with her for 2 days until she messaged me that she was deported, had her visa revoked, and barred from entry for 10 years. It turned out the CBP officer not only discovered that she had no return flight booked, but also the fact she planned to "volunteer" at a local bookstore. That happened during the Obama administration by the way. Quite a few of the news stories coming out these past few weeks were all from the Boston airport, so yes, maybe the CBP team there went overboard, OR someone is leaking the stories there.

My mom recently visited me here in the U.S. on a tourist visa last month. She's visited the U.S. many times (during all of Obama, Trump-1st and Biden), and her experience this time was no different than the previous times if not "a little bit simpler" in her own words. The only thing different was that she finally met a CBP officer that speaks Mandarin, and she was asked about whether she has brought excessive amount of cigarettes or meat/fruit... That's it. I'm a U.S. citizen now, but I haven't traveled during Trump's 2nd term yet. During his first term, however, I went to Canada once, and at Vancouver Airport, you go through U.S. passport control before boarding the plane. That time, I was asked how I became a U.S. citizen, and I told him via marriage. Then he let me go. I didn't know why he asked the question though, because he should have access to that info if he wish to obtain, so maybe he was just curious as he was Asian too? I've traveled outside of the U.S. both as a LPR and a citizen more than a handful of times, and that was the only time I was asked an immigration-related question. Oh, I went back to China right before the Pandemic in January 2020, which was during Trump's first term. By the time I was coming back, only U.S. citizens and LPRs were allowed in. My flight was switched 3 times understandably, and passengers from China had to go through a quick health screening, but again, re-entering the U.S. was no issue.

I'm from China myself. From the standpoint of China, there's nothing she needs to do. Having your passport invalidated doesn't mean you automatically lose the citizenship. If she hasn't canceled her household registration (Hukou) in China, and she has no intention of living in the U.S. long term, she can technically go back to China on her US passport, both her Hukou and her Chinese ID card will continue to function. Yes, China doesn't recognize dual citizenship, but Chinese laws are not clear about enforcing it either. The ultimate symbol of Chinese citizenship is Hukou, not Chinese passport, so if her Hukou was never canceled, her Chinese citizenship is still intact. If you're asking if she can revert back to Lawful Permanent Resident from U.S. citizen, then the answer is no.

Hello everyone, I haven't posted here for a while since I became a U.S. citizen in 2017, but given all the recent stories in the media, I'm curious to find out here about everybody's real life experiences. For example, I just saw an immigration attorney's video (Jim Hacking) on YouTube that says there have been an increasing number of naturalization applicants that have got their applications denied, and then have their Green Card called into question, sometimes based on minor discrepancies in previous immigration paperwork... It's certainly concerning with all the high profile immigrants-related news stories coming out these past 2 weeks, but I also remembered that some of the stories I heard during his first term were either exaggerated or reported with missing details by liberal media outlets. I was also naturalized during Trump's first term: there was delay in the process experienced by all applicants, but my general experiences dealing with USCIS didn't differ from that during the Obama administration. Nevertheless, the messaging on USCIS' official instagram page certainly changed dramatically right after his 2nd term began. That page has always focused on sharing filing tips and procedure changes as well as photos taken at naturalization ceremonies, throughout both his first term and Biden, but now it shares a lot of, for lack of a more proper word, propaganda-ish content. Therefore, I want to see if everybody's real life experiences with USCIS are also truly different from before.