Good post.
I am shocked and ashamed at the answers I’m seeing here from freepers.
The lawyer was polite, but firm —courage.
I feel like I am NOT AT FREE REPUBLIC, seeing the idiotic answers here...
I think that you are the idiot. The US Border is not Main street USA and this jerk is an expat for a reason. He abandoned you and yours because he thinks that he is above you. See the following-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception This douche unnecessarily occupied US Border Officers while potentially dangerous foreigners slipped through with less attention than they may have deserved because of his massive ego. He wasn't protecting your rights, he was endangering you. If he wants to show us how tough he is, all he has to do is go preach the Gospel in a Mosque and then scream some racial epithets in an inner city bar. It's his right, isn't it?