Mavilu said: Oh, I was detained once, in Kennedy Airport; I was aked questions very rudely, my things were taken, that includes my wallet, I was put into a room with glass walls, so people arriving could see me in my shame, I was denied a phone call to my husband, I was denied an explanation of what was wrong and I was denied a trip to the bathroom (that made the guard that offered to take me to the bathroom call the INS woman that started it all a certain name that rhymes with itch); I was there for two hours before someone came to take me to an INS supervisor, he was pretty nice and explained that I didn't seem to have a return ticket (back then, argentinians could come here if we had a working passport and a return ticket within 90 days of arrival), well, you can imagine, how I explained that I wasn't about to come all the way here and try to pas through without one of the two things required of me, especially, since coming here ain't all that cheap and back then american airline companies absolutely refused to sell you an entry ticket without making you buy a returning one and losing it or getting it stolen...where, in the actual airplane? and it being attached to the booklet, booklet that I still had?. Well, it turned out that this stupid INS woman failed to see my return ticket and instead of double checking, she instantly assumed I was this horrible criminal trying to entry the country (I don't look like a criminal, now, do I?) and started treating me like one. They let me go, gave me my things and sent me on my way. There's few people I really dislike in this world, that one INS lady? is one of them. But since I started my papers to live here legally?, it has been nothing but pleasantries.
Murasame said: Zubis said: To be fair in Europe you've got at least 10 countries within 1000 miles travelling distance. In the U.S you've got what, Mexico Cuba and Canada as your closest neighbours? You forget Australia, which is close to literally nothing. And yet international travel is a rite of passage for anyone in this country.
Zubis said: To be fair in Europe you've got at least 10 countries within 1000 miles travelling distance. In the U.S you've got what, Mexico Cuba and Canada as your closest neighbours?
Mosey said: I'm going to the US next year, Vegas specifically. I've never set foot in the US before, anything I need to be aware of? I can just get in with my electronic passport right, or do they need blood and hair samples now in case I'm a terrorist?
Two UK tourists were arrested, detained for 12 hours and then sent home after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents misinterpreted one traveler's tweets containing British vernacular and a ??Family Guy? reference as a terrorist threat.
Mosey said: I don't know Blayze, few people I know can afford to go away every year! It's certainly gotten easier in recent times, but it's still a bit of a luxury :) Mav, I can't believe that you'd recieve that sort of treatment! I really hope she got a bit of training about treating people as though they're human, not cattle. I'm going to the US next year, Vegas specifically. I've never set foot in the US before, anything I need to be aware of? I can just get in with my electronic passport right, or do they need blood and hair samples now in case I'm a terrorist?
