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Visiting the US, American hospitality
When expecting guests from overseas, anyone would try to make sure everything is just right: the house is ready for them, plans are made to tour the major attractions, places to see are chosen, best spots to shop and Americana stores picked. I'm sure the housekeeping magazine and similar press have included articles on how to entertain your overseas friends.
When your friends were still in Europe, getting ready to board the long haul plane, they had to go through an extra security check, just because they were flying to the US. That extra check consists of a physical search, including old ladies and babies (no kidding, babies!) So, the first impression of the US on your guests minds is that of a total stranger feeling their butts and breasts in front of an audience lined up behing them. Children's dolls are also searched, by the way.
Once on American soil, your guests will have to declare they did not participate on any genocide, among other things. An imprint of their left and right index fingers will be taken as well as a photo. By that time, your guests passports have already been scanned by who knows who. Your guests might wonder at this point why they have to submit themselves to this, when Americans refuse to have national ID Cards because they believe ID cards are an attack on their civil rights.
To make it better, your guests end up finding out that their luggage was retained somewhere along the way and will only be delivered sometime during the next day (hopefully). If this is not American hospitality, then I don't know what is!