Rant: US Immigration

[Jackmannii]

@Mellivora capensis

Imagine having to deal with these guys on a regular basis.

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1834903,00.html

:eek:

I also liked the “quote of the week” at the top of the page:

“Even (after) I go to my grave, I will wake up to come and vote.” - Former president Nelson Mandela.
Mayor Daley would be proud.

[Ink_a_dink_a_dink]

@Triskadecamus

Airman, your spurs are going jingo jingo jingo.

It wasn’t even an attack, so there’s no need to defend.

It wasn’t even a criticism of America the Beautiful and Free. It was a criticism of mindless beurocratic crap.

Perhaps you love mindless bureaucratic crap, and if so, by all means jump to the defense of mindless bureaucrats. But do so without the kneejerk call to man the battlements against the foul hoards of furriners.

It’s unseemly.

Tris

Sorry, but when I flew to London, they asked the same information. This was only 2 wks post-911.

Inky

[Mighty_Girl]

@John Mace

No. It’s a very common occurance in the Pit that if your “rant” is stupid or unfounded, the Pit thread gets turned back on you. It has nothing to do with reflexive patriotism-- this happens in non-politcal threads, too. I can’t speak for Doors, but I’d have taken the same position if you had compalined about procedures in Britain, Spain or Australia.

I have no idea who the OP is, but as a foreigner who’s visited the US frequently I agree with the sentiment. The US has made much more difficult for legitimate visitors to want to go to the US while seemingly doing little to discourate possible terrorists. As a matter of fact I avoid layovers and transits in the US like the bubonic plague.

I was in Madrid a year before and shortly after the terrorist attacks, I was surprised to see that the procedures had not changed (at least not that I noticed), which led me to believe that maybe they were doing their job without fanfarre and in the background. Or maybe they were doing what they had, and should have always done.