alt Hacker News> she is able to stroll through immigration without stopping because her P-Comm is dealing with the ID checks as she walks.
We're getting closer to digital ID. But outside of a few experiments, there's no international consensus. However, every modern passport has an NFC chip which can be read by most airports. You still need to hold your passport on the reader, but it's usually quicker than queuing for a human.
As far as immigration to the US is concerned (and I guess it is, because I haven't heard of the term "immigration" applied to business travelers or tourists anywhere else in the world), expecting to be able to "stroll through" it sounds increasingly naive after reports of various unsuspecting travelers being detained for weeks and then deported (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton...), and the current to-and-fro around TSA PreCheck and Global Entry (https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/22/politics/shutdonw-tsa-pre...).
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Seems like a political rather than technical problem ?
Going from EU to Japan is very close the presented scenario. Like you know, threat people with dignity and things work fine ?
OP here. As the meme goes, I am one of literally dozens of people who live outside the USA.
"Immigration" is the commonly used term in the UK. See https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/question/99775/eurostar... and https://www.heathrow.com/arrivals/immigration-and-passports
Similarly, Australia uses the term if you want to apply for a visitor's visa - https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/
You'll also notice that the original report was written by an EU group.