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From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com>
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 18:42:40 +0000
In-Reply-To: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>
        "Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...)" (Jun 17, 12:35pm)
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Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...)
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On Jun 17, 12:35pm, jack wrote:
> Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...)
> <geographical background info>
> Off the southern tip of Florida lie a string of islands, known as
> the Florida Keys, with one road approximately 150 miles long that
> terminates in Key West.  Key West is the southern most point in
> the continental US and 90 miles from Cuba.  Tourism is the
> primary industry in the Keys.
> </geographical background info>
>
> One holiday weekend in the early 1980's Immigration set up what
> they called a checkpoint (in actuality a roadblock) at the two
> points where the road connects to the mainland.  Everyone was
> required to present identification to pass.  Rumor had it that
> two of the individuals caught in the 5+ hour delay that was
> created were the wife and son of the areas congress critter.  Two
> days latter the head of the INS office in Miami was replaced.
> The stunt was never repeated.
>

Only in America.  The INS offical in Miami probably would have been better off
with a naval blockade of Cuba. ;-)

Frank

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