Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 02:18:42 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, lcremean@tidalwave.net, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...) Message-ID: <980617021843.ZM11270@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> "Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...)" (Jun 16, 5:48pm) References: <199806131959.QAA25251@roma.coe.ufrj.br> <19980613174107.42635@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> <19980615125757.61980@papillon.lemis.com> <19980616174825.A18504@mooseriver.com>
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On Jun 16, 5:48pm, Josef Grosch wrote: > Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...) > On Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 12:57:57PM -0500, Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Sat, 13 June 1998 at 17:41:07 -0400, Lee Cremeans wrote: > > > > > The root of this, though, is the fact that the State Department is > > > paranoid, very paranoid. I'm sure they have some right to be at this > > > moment, after all the attacks on US installations in the Middle East > > > (and the NYC World Trade Center bombing here 5 years ago) by rabid > > > Islam fundamentalists...and the Nazi thing is because there are > > > Nazis hiding out in South America, apparently, that avoided the > > > Nuremburg trials in 1946 (most are very old now, and I would not > > > doubt they'd all be dead in 10 years). > > > > Don't believe that these questions are new. As I mentioned, we had > > them (+ communism) in 1957, and every time since that I've applied for > > a US visa, I have had to answer pretty much the same collection. > > > > Here's another one. My visa is valid until some time in 2001, but > > when I left for the US last week, I was given a green form I-94W (Visa > > Waiver Arrival/Departure Form). On the back of it, just above the > > signature, was this interesting statement: > > > > WAIVER OF RIGHTS: I hereby waive any rights to review or appeal of > > an immgration officer's determination as to my admissibility, or to > > contest, other that on the basis of an application for asylum, any > > action in deportation. > > > > My first reaction was to cross out this paragraph. I decided a little > > later that that would not be a good idea, and got the I-94 (white > > form, for people with visas). But what a waiver! Any immigration > > officer who didn't like the look of me could just send me back half > > way round the world, and I couldn't even complain. > > > > The above paragraph is the result of the "Immigration Reform while Saving > the Children" act recently passed by that collection of fascists in > congress. Sorry, Greg, but things are going to get much worse before it > gets any better. A large section of this country is unhappy because the > amerika of today does not match the "Leave it to Beaver" amerika they think > they should be living in. These people are living in a dream world and are > busy finding fault in every thing, including the stars, instead of > themselves. Hence, the return of the "No Nothings". Sigh! :-( > > > Josef > amerika! Now there is something which I haven't seen in many years. Takes me back to those heady days of hippies, and make love not war. Frank > -- > Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.7 > jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Josef Grosch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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