[BobL]

"But when the government starts barring citizens because they refused to submit to FBI questioning overseas"

You miss the point. Regardless of how this article reads, these people can fly to Canada and attempt re-entry there. What our government didn't want to do is get stuck with these guys on US soil and have to pay $2,000 to send them back to Hong Kong. They will get in, if they decide they want to.

I have no fear for myself or you getting home. As to the passport - that was a bit rude, but we might as well get used to carrying passports whenever leaving the country - and you can blame these guys and their buddies for it.

[Marine Inspector]

What our government didn't want to do is get stuck with these guys on US soil and have to pay $2,000 to send them back to Hong Kong.

Our government could not send the US citizen to Hong Kong, or any place else for that matter, even if they wanted too.