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They probably won't let you in if you bring a burner phone to USA
What is a burner phone? A phone with no direct association with your name? A prepaid plan?
I've mentioned this in the thread: what would be the reaction if someone arrived there with no electronics on them? And if further stated they did not intended to buy any for their stay? What could happen?
Honestly they would probably just back-track you because you'll be more suspicious. Idk I'm just theory crafting but customs can look up employment and other data instantly, idk what else
You mean my civilian public identity data?
Let's speak about me now: I have no social media presence and I like it like that. I pay my taxes, I drive a 20+ years car. I'm boring and I enjoy it as it is.
Someone telling me I seem suspicious because I have no electronics and no interest in using it would be gold.
Actual event: I was once stopped for speeding. The police pulling me up asked me if I hadn't seen the FB post warning for the speed radar. And I bluntly put it that I had no account on the network. Their face was priceless. I got fined for speeding, fair, but that was that. Social networks are not official communication channels. They want to be, but they are not.
Anything could happen. To be totally honest, most Americans, myself included, have never been outside of the country, so we don't know.
If I had to speculate based on the news, the fact that he isn't white, doesn't speak English well, and may have no electronics/ questionable electronics, all adds up to a high likelihood of him being detained for an indeterminate amount of time, and potentially being deported to somewhere that no one wants to be.