text: One common theme of these recent incidents is the fingerprinting and photographing of some folks. In these cases the traveler was turned away after the guards obtained the fingerprints.  I believe it's obvious that the guards had already decided the traveler would not be permitted entry. Yet the continued the charade in order to collect those prints.  It's quite clear to me that if the guards ask for your fingerprints, they have already determined your not getting in.