fear not though, boing boing fans. if cory goes a few days over his paperwork he won't get arrested- 'cause he's white.

No, it's because Canadians aren't plowing laden airliners into buildings and making statements about how America/the West are "the Great Satan" and must either convert to [insert cause here] or die. If Canadian citizens were caught smuggling explosives into the US for purposes of inciting terror, and were making noises about driving the US out of North America and burning US flags, then things might change.

Having said that, I agree that the US government is settling into a police-state mentality, and that the INS' behavior is way, way out of line.