Back in June, I wrote caustically about the Kafka-esque experience I had when traveling to Britain to see my family. Last night, it occurred to me that, absurd as the rules in Britain may indeed be, they are actually preferable to the American approach, which, since March of last year, has been to block every British citizen from visiting the United States completely.
Yes, you read that right: For 16 months now, with the narrow exception of those who have an American-citizen spouse or American-citizen children, no one coming from Britain has been allowed to enter the United States. The prohibition is total. There are no testing prerequisites or quarantine rules. There are no exceptions for the fully vaccinated. There is no heavy bureaucracy or intrusive surveillance one can submit to in order to receive a thumbs up at the customs desk. If you’re a British citizen coming from Britain, the American border is hermetically sealed to you.
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