# Can the US bar the entrance of a US citizen?

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**Created:** [September 16, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-us-bar-the-entrance-of-a-us-citizen/950772 "2021-09-16T18:30:56Z")\
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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> US gov would say, "We’re not barring entrance to the US; we are barring your access to the plane to bring you to the US. If you can swim across the Atlantic with your passport then you can enter the US.

Or, you know, take a boat.

There are also private “ambulance” planes that carry Covid+ patients (or other people with contagious diseases or other health issues that preclude them traveling on standard commercial flights).

I believe the answer to the OP is generally “no”, although there are probably cases where you will be arrested at the border for various things.

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