Port Canaveral,20 January, 2019.

Port Canaveral will for ever remain in my memory as a place where I was finger-printed by the United States Customs and Border Protection authorities,as were the  other 2000 or so travellers.
The nightmare started at 7am, when I joined the already long queue,I was cleared at 12.35,there were still around 300 people behind me,

average age  good 70,many disabled, a large number walking with a stick or two, Zimmer frames, quite a lot in a wheelchair,tired,hungry,thirsty. Retired folk, we all had paid  a considerable amount of money to Cunard,an American company, to see this part of the world in  the winter sun.
How many of us  are  a threat to the US security?How many would  illegally seek employment in the country or attempt to remain there unlawfully?
Never in my entire life have I been treated in this manner  and I have been to 74 countries.
Cuba welcomed me with open arms,efficiently, with a smile.
Getting through the customs in St Petersburg, Russia,had been a breeze.
In America I am finger-printed like a common criminal.