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06-23-13 21:33 #2491
Posts: 2684Originally Posted by ItsMeBeyatch [View Original Post]
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06-23-13 18:52 #2490
Posts: 3193Originally Posted by Mr Enternational [View Original Post]
Have you been to Tijuana lately? Everybody coming back (on foot) to the US has to put their backpack, purse, luggage, etc, through an x-ray machine. I think the reason that we don't x-ray the bags coming in to the airports (assuming we still don't) is that they were already scanned when they left the originating airport. So, six of one, half a dozen of the other.
I think an American leaving does "check" with Immigration before leaving. It's just a lot more behind the scenes. I know I have to present a valid passport when purchasing a ticket and at the check in desk, where they scan it or otherwise put in the information. I know they check it at the gate, and I've been stopped when I had fewer than six months remaining on it so they could double check with the destination country. And I know my name and passport number wind up on the flight manifest (and in TSA's grubby little hands) before takeoff. And I know that when I underwent my background checks they had a pretty good idea of the places I'd been. So, I submit that Americans do, indeed, go through some form of check-in with Immigration, it's just not in a traditional form. Uncle is still keeping track of you. Mexico was always an exception. Not any more.
Not this year, but last year when it was still available, I had the Thai Airways non-stop from BKK to LAX. My checked luggage was scanned, as far as I know. My carry-ons were x-rayed. The embarrassed-as-all-hell Thai Airways staff had to hand-search all carry-ons at the gate and pat down all the passengers. So, my GOES card basically allowed me to skip the hellaciously long line at Tom Bradley. I think I was subjected to about the same level of scrutiny as all the other non-GOES passengers, but with a far less likely chance of going to secondary inspection. Is the country a lot safer because of this? I think that can be debated.
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06-23-13 17:44 #2489
Posts: 15925Originally Posted by Phordphan [View Original Post]
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06-23-13 09:40 #2488
Posts: 2569Customs accepts a birth certificate. But sometimes they will complain.
Originally Posted by Phordphan [View Original Post]
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06-23-13 07:41 #2487
Posts: 583Originally Posted by Guitarrefreak [View Original Post]
I probably won't repeat, but fellow mongers may like her style, she may be a potentially good one for an overnight (Attitude counts!)
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06-23-13 06:17 #2486
Posts: 285There should be a line for only USA born citizens. Like the Sentri line. 3 total lines. Yes I am asking for special treatment if you call being let into your own country in a timely manner special. Basically it should be prioritized. Natural born citizen get priority over everyone except the pre approved Sentri card holders.
Originally Posted by Phordphan [View Original Post]
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06-23-13 06:09 #2485
Posts: 285We are in trouble if this is true.
Originally Posted by Efjayel [View Original Post]
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06-23-13 03:28 #2484
Posts: 1185Originally Posted by Phordphan [View Original Post]
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06-23-13 02:18 #2483
Posts: 3193Originally Posted by Efjayel [View Original Post]
I absolutely object to a background check of a natural-born citizen just to enter their own country. We're going home, not to some high-level super-secret military installation. No other country I can think of immediately suspects all citizens of smuggling, or worse, just because they left the country.
No real terrorist is going to smuggle bombs onto flights leaving Branson. No drug trafficker worth his salt is going to stand for 3 hours in the hot sun to walk into San Ysidro with a few grams of coke stuffed up his ass.
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06-23-13 02:10 #2482
Posts: 1185Wait is this just a rant or your response to the question of why you dislike SENTRI? I do agree that airport security has gotten ridiculous and I curse at the 9/11 dirt bags that started it all. I had to dump some expensive hair products this one time I traveled because of their, nothing bigger than 3 Oz container rule which I was not aware of until I got to the airport. I also understand that 9/11 is a major reason why border crossing has gotten so slow. As for the requirement of a background check for SENTRI. It's really not so much a problem for me as I prefer that the less amount of people who qualify for SENTRI makes its that much easier for me to cross the border. I'd gladly pay double what I payed for SENTRI for the amount of time it has saved me since I started using it. So if they made it that anyone and their ex-con cousins could apply for SENTRI then it wouldn't be worth having it.
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06-22-13 21:43 #2481
Posts: 3193Originally Posted by efjayel [View Original Post]
bush's go-along-to-get-along policies following that disaster caused the dhs to be created. now we have to be strip searched every time we fly someplace, by a grossly incompetent bunch of thugs who have yet to actually nab a terrorist but have managed to confirep001e untold numbers of tweezers and cuticle scissors. we have to stand in long-assed lines to get back home if we dare to leave the boundaries of the home of the brave.
the way the usa treats natural-born citizens in their comings and goings is absolutely appalling. i know of no other country who assumes that all of their citizens are terrorists until proven otherwise. my grandfather and uncles, who all fought in wwii, would not recognize this place if they were alive today.
i can just hear grandpa today:
"what the hell do you mean i have to be strip searched by some faggot just because i want to fly from austin to kansas city?"
"but gramps, we have to let the government spy on us and treat us all like scum. we're all a nation of panty-wetters now, and uncle sam has to protect us from the meanies."
i know that would be a mighty hard sell if i were able to discuss it with him today.
so, yes, i have a philosophical objection to having to undergo background checks and pay money just to prove to some mouth-breathing sack of shit wearing a uniform that i'm not some raghead terrorist.
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06-22-13 21:10 #2480
Posts: 1185Originally Posted by Phordphan [View Original Post]
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06-22-13 20:13 #2479
Posts: 15925Hasn't it always been illegal to get tattoos and solicit prostitutes in the military? Unless I am remembering wrong. Your soul belonged to god but your ass belonged to Uncle Sam. And tattoos were considered defacing govt property. Although both infractions were tolerated. Tomjackin?
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06-22-13 19:19 #2478
Posts: 3193Originally Posted by nvslim [View Original Post]
my son joined the army a few years ago. he had a shoulder-high tattoo which was covered by a short sleeved shirt. it was a very well done pic of a kneeling bettie page wearing hose, heels and a smile. very 1940s pin-up style. not my style, but it was very well done. the army recruiter took one look at it and fainted. when he revived he booted sonny out of the office and told him not to return until bettie was wearing a bra. the object was to avoid offending any female service members. omg.
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06-22-13 19:10 #2477
Posts: 3193Originally Posted by mr enternational [View Original Post]
i said officially because i still see the occasional oddball with a birth certificate crossing back into the usa.