i got back from a 4 day trip to central america and i just want to share my experience at the entry point (Houston airport).
Somehow i started feeling that i should have chosen another line the first moment the officer looked at me after i gave him my RTD. The first question he asked was- "what's the reason you got an asylum for?" I briefly told him the situation (2-3 sentences), but he seemed like he didn't want to beleive anything and his next question was "Are you sure you didn't apply for it because of economic hardship in your country?" I said "certainly no". Then he slid my RTD and said:"you have not been in the US for over a year, maybe you don't need an asylum any more?" I have no idea how he came up with that time of my absence, i've been out for only 4 days, and my RTD was even issued less than 3 months ago! I told him that it was only a few days and provided him with the dates, then he asked me several general questions- where i work, etc, and then he asked one guy to show me to the room. I was already expecting the questioning to be continued while waiting for my turn for about 25-30 minutes, however, a lady in the room took my RTD, stamped it, then called my name and said :"you are all set". That was it.
My question is - do you guys think the officer had the right to make such assumption about me and my asylum? If not, should i try to report this to USCIS? I quite understand that this one letter won't do anything to that officer, but if they start getting complains about same officers over and over again maybe it will help us to get rid of such unprofessional, rood and senseless officers at the border.
for those who travel through Houston- it was a 50-55 year old chinese looking guy- i would suggest not to get into that line, although maybe he was like that toward me only
Somehow i started feeling that i should have chosen another line the first moment the officer looked at me after i gave him my RTD. The first question he asked was- "what's the reason you got an asylum for?" I briefly told him the situation (2-3 sentences), but he seemed like he didn't want to beleive anything and his next question was "Are you sure you didn't apply for it because of economic hardship in your country?" I said "certainly no". Then he slid my RTD and said:"you have not been in the US for over a year, maybe you don't need an asylum any more?" I have no idea how he came up with that time of my absence, i've been out for only 4 days, and my RTD was even issued less than 3 months ago! I told him that it was only a few days and provided him with the dates, then he asked me several general questions- where i work, etc, and then he asked one guy to show me to the room. I was already expecting the questioning to be continued while waiting for my turn for about 25-30 minutes, however, a lady in the room took my RTD, stamped it, then called my name and said :"you are all set". That was it.
My question is - do you guys think the officer had the right to make such assumption about me and my asylum? If not, should i try to report this to USCIS? I quite understand that this one letter won't do anything to that officer, but if they start getting complains about same officers over and over again maybe it will help us to get rid of such unprofessional, rood and senseless officers at the border.
for those who travel through Houston- it was a 50-55 year old chinese looking guy- i would suggest not to get into that line, although maybe he was like that toward me only