this article is vv true...i live in rochester ny area and i m also hearing nightmares of this kind of detention and searches of international students mostly based on racial profiling. Rumor has it that 40 immigration officers were assigned here after event in sept 01 and they have to keep busy here by doing this kind of activity.

yesterday i went to leave a person in f1 visa at the airport and they did ask for i 20 and passport. earlier just an id wold suffice. general advisory is to take all your docs while travelling in upstate ny.