Never had much of a problem getting into the states... although they are a whole lot more thorough (or at least they take a lot longer) than other passport controls i have been through.  I am on their fingerprint records now having travelled through.  Although one thing i was extremely surprised about was that connecting flights travelling through the US have you enter the country and then exit the country to get your next flight...  really strange!

I was going through NYC to Peru and my plane got delayed/i missed my connecting flight (long story but basically had a two day stop-over), so i check in to a hotel to stay and it dawned on me that i didnt have anything stopping me from just not getting on my flight and staying in the country as an illegal immigrant.  Something is flawed there.  If they just have connecting flight passengers not have to go through border control i think some cases of illegal immigration would be cut and also i doubt i would have missed my flight...

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