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I would highly advise against trying to re-enter the USA without proper identification. Apply for a Passport Card, they are $45.00. If you need it within a few weeks, request the Expedite Service which runs an additional $60.00. $105.00 seems like a grip of money, but you have to understand that it will keep you safe. Your life is worth more than $105.00. That's just my take on it.
[QUOTE=Wooterz]I would highly advise against trying to re-enter the USA without proper identification. Apply for a Passport Card, they are $45.00. If you need it within a few weeks, request the Expedite Service which runs an additional $60.00. $105.00 seems like a grip of money, but you have to understand that it will keep you safe. Your life is worth more than $105.00. That's just my take on it.[/QUOTE]
I agree and have a passport card but I see guys without passports going through no problem, no secondary. This was as recent as yesterday.
Come on down guys, passport or not. They are not enforcing it for shit yet.
[QUOTE=Wooterz]I would highly advise against trying to re-enter the USA without proper identification. Apply for a Passport Card, they are $45.00. If you need it within a few weeks, request the Expedite Service which runs an additional $60.00. $105.00 seems like a grip of money, but you have to understand that it will keep you safe. Your life is worth more than $105.00. That's just my take on it.[/QUOTE]
I agree they should get the card or whatever you must have now. But how would it save your life?
[QUOTE=JesseJames] But how would it save your life?[/QUOTE]I am sure he did not mean it as a reference to death but as a dent it could put in your quality of life by being held for hours or days before being allowed back to the USA.
You could ,possibly, miss a day of work or your flight.
Passport is a bargain in comparison.
[QUOTE=Ninguno Especial]I agree and have a passport card but I see guys without passports going through no problem, no secondary. This was as recent as yesterday.
Come on down guys, passport or not. They are not enforcing it for shit yet.[/QUOTE]Yep, they are not enforcing this yet. They'll lecture you and give you some hand out, but they won't stop you from crossing. Now if you look like a Mexican National and can't speak English well enough to convince them you live in the US, then that might be a different matter.
Friday night there was a big police and federal raid on alot of the bars HK, AB, Tropical and a few others. Blockaded the whole zona and for once the taxi guy was right and they did close it down for a short while they flushed guys and girls out of the bars and searched and checked ID's. I missed most of the action. Chicago club is small potatoes now so I dont think the Feds went in there.
Some guy on another site posted link to a composite of security cam videos (mostly HK) of the raid.. was interesting seeing the cops reaction to a bikini clad dancer coming out of HK at about the 5 min mark.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndg_bKc0cwo[/url]
Wow, that's incredibly unprofessional on their part.
[QUOTE=Belgrath]Friday night there was a big police and federal raid on alot of the bars HK, AB, Tropical and a few others. Blockaded the whole zona and for once the taxi guy was right and they did close it down for a short while they flushed guys and girls out of the bars and searched and checked ID's. I missed most of the action. Chicago club is small potatoes now so I dont think the Feds went in there.
Some guy on another site posted link to a composite of security cam videos (mostly HK) of the raid.. was interesting seeing the cops reaction to a bikini clad dancer coming out of HK at about the 5 min mark.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndg_bKc0cwo[/url][/QUOTE]Pretty funny to see the cops feeling up the bikini dancer at the 5:15 mark. A couple of the cops clearly grab her tits as she drops her top and lets them "cop a feel". I guess that is a perk of doing the raid. HA!
I would be more worry about why the federals were there than cops touching a tit!
That does not look good!
What or who they were looking for?
That was a big raid, Anyone knows what happened that night?
Lol, the boob grabbing was hilarious. They didn't even have to tip.
Funny 'Funny Funny to see an impromptu dance against the policia there protecting and serving or maybe servicing. Good stuff.
Years ago these type of raids were frequent, but this was only for the shake down of the owners, or the excuse to come in the bar and run into the dressing room for their fee's of protecting and serving(servicing). obviously these were not the monetary kind of fees.
Sometimes they would escort another branch of government, that checks the girls ID for working. Believe it or not these girls were more scared of that 1 person than the policia or federales.
My girlie at the time was sitting on me< opps I mean with me, and the policia walks in, no problem, then this little dude walks in and the bar gets nil and void of women who are running from this little dude.
Happy Hunting
[QUOTE=HornyTraveler]I would be more worry about why the federals were there than cops touching a tit![/QUOTE]I would rather see the cops feeling up a willing chica than see them feeling up unwilling customers ( like me).
Chicas do a good job distracting the cops, keeping them happy and not harassing the paying customers.
Raid looked like more of a show of force to keep the bad guys away.
Hope they continue to keep them away for our safety.
Those federal policia are our protection, no need to fear them.
Local polica make me a bit nervous but never federals.
It is easier for 1 or 2 policia to scam you than a whole group (the split would not be worth it).
Thanks for the link Belgrath.
[QUOTE=Belgrath]Friday night there was a big police and federal raid on alot of the bars HK, AB, Tropical and a few others. Blockaded the whole zona and for once the taxi guy was right and they did close it down for a short while they flushed guys and girls out of the bars and searched and checked ID's. I missed most of the action. Chicago club is small potatoes now so I dont think the Feds went in there.
Some guy on another site posted link to a composite of security cam videos (mostly HK) of the raid.. was interesting seeing the cops reaction to a bikini clad dancer coming out of HK at about the 5 min mark.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndg_bKc0cwo[/url][/QUOTE]
Interesting. I was in a similar raid a few months ago in the Nuevo Laredo Boystown. Hundreds of military came into the compound in large trucks. They went into every bar and searched. What was odd was they didn't seem to care about me as I wasn't searched at all. But the local Mexican boys were patted down and had their pockets emptied. A military guy actually looked at a guy's cellphone either at the address book or call log. The whole compound was on lockdown and every car was searched on the way out. I was stopped in a taxi. The driver was searched. The military searched the car pretty thoroughly but again this guero was left alone.
I didn't see the Mexican army guys feel up any of the girls but they're pretty disciplined compared to the city/state/federal policia.
this is what really happened.
more than 200 different le including federals , municipals and immigration officials raided the zona norte last friday night.
they were looking for **** minors, drug sale and foreigners working in the clubs. in the process they were caught on camera touching grabbing the dancers from hk which you can see in youtube, there are two bar girls who
filed charges against the federal police "good luck" on this one!
they said the police went thru the girls room and stole all the money from them about $900 dollars from one girl and another $1800 form the other girl, she also said she worked two weeks to earn $1800, and the dough was for her 5 kids back home.
there is also a report about money taken from clients "mongers"
funny i had a few foreigners in ab before mostly from venezuela and colombia.
[QUOTE=Belgrath]Friday night there was a big police and federal raid on alot of the bars HK, AB, Tropical and a few others. Blockaded the whole zona and for once the taxi guy was right and they did close it down for a short while they flushed guys and girls out of the bars and searched and checked ID's. I missed most of the action. Chicago club is small potatoes now so I dont think the Feds went in there.
Some guy on another site posted link to a composite of security cam videos (mostly HK) of the raid.. was interesting seeing the cops reaction to a bikini clad dancer coming out of HK at about the 5 min mark.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndg_bKc0cwo[/url][/QUOTE]
That's how they spend the millions of dollars US sent for the "drug war."
Tuesday, there was only half the SW out.