Currently watching border control series. First from Heathrow, now the USA which covers several points of entry in the US.
It's really interesting to watch. The main difference between the UK and US version being that at Heathrow they try to make it a good experience for the passengers. That means they're strict but polite and do their utmost to keep/make the passenger happy.
The US border people are totally different, more like "guilty until proven innocent" and aren't polite.
At some point an English man and his family were stopped to investigate and the man asks at some point "Why don't you say 'please'?"
The border dude thinks he only asks that to deflect the investigation, me thinks, "Nope dude, he comes from the UK where people do say 'please'! He's not used to such a rude approach."
The amount of things that need to be checked is insane! I didn't know you could take foods into the US, except for a few things. But they have to check all foods regardless.
Why not ban foods -I think they do in Australia. Would save a helluva lot of money.
And the amount of live pests they find...
During arrivals they look for people's body language and behaviour, and nervous behaviour is found suspicious. Me thinking, "wot?!?!"
I remember I was bloody nervous when having to enter the US, because A) so much has changed with check-in machines and B) they do treat you like a suspect of something.
The questions the border dude asked are really non of his effing business, but if you don't answer them to his liking you're sent back. Logical people get nervous!
Also amazing to see the dogs do their work on parcels and mail. Makes you wonder why people even bother trying to get money, drugs, weapons etc. in as the dogs will find it every time. Even when you vacuum-wrapped it several times, hid in it herbs or tea, the dogs will sniff it out.
So why bother trying to get stuff past the dogs' noses? Hihi.
Also odd... it happens apparently that people take the wrong turn-off on the motorway near the Canadian border, and end up taking the exit towards Canada. That gets them to border control first. And even if they only took the wrong exit they get totally checked, cars searched and so on.
So they never left the US, didn't mean to either, yet some end up in trouble regardless only because they took the wrong exit.
All in all I find it really interesting to watch!
The one on Heathrow is somewhat different as it also shows all the work and maintenance on the airport, including outside. Removing rubbish from runways, getting rid of birds etc.
I got to watching this as I stumbled upon the one in Alaska, Ice Airport Alaska it's called.
There's one on Australian border control too, but I haven't found that online to watch just yet.
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