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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: marcos who wrote (6753)	5/31/2000 3:45:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

the US doesn't recognise the canadian residency papers [which confer all rights and responsibility of citizenship save voting], they just look at the mexicano passport in which they are stapled ... Marcos, just curious. Is this permanent documentation? If so, it seems terribly clumsy. Karen

To: marcos who wrote (6753)	5/31/2000 5:23:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

"We didn't cross the borders. The borders crossed us." How true indeed ! from the same URL: Jojola further states that the notion of having to get further public input "reminds me of those neo-colonial fascists who made binding treaties with Indians and then reneged in the face of their non-ratification at the Congressional level." Hmm makes you wonder... who is the real "alien" the US doesn't recognise the canadian residency papers [which confer all rights and responsibility of citizenship save voting], they just look at the mexicano passport in which they are stapled ... so even to change planes in San Francisco or LAX, they put you in a special little jail they have in the airport ... 'TWOV' they call it, 'transit without visa' ... you pay hundreds of pesos for the privilege, and yes, there are armed guards [some really sweet negro ladies as well, though, who do their best to make you comfortable]. I know those rooms.... Not in the US but in England... After returning from "the continent" (as it is referred to, over at the "Empire"), I happened to be received by a damned fascist immigration officer who did not like my answer, to the question: "What are you doing here?", (never mind that it was true), and in spite of my CURRENT and VALID visa, he 'crossed' my visa stamp, threw me in one of those rooms, with a bunch of 'not very friendly looking lot' (no friendly lady there either). They did not even allow me to make a single phone call. Then, they found a Condor airplane (a Lufthansa subsidiary at the time), and sent me back to Frankfurt, courtesy of HMQE II, [in spite of the barking protest of the German pilot, who handed me my passport in front of, and contrary to the orders of the fascist immigration officer]. I was lucky I was not returning from China, since it appears, by law, they send you back "to where you came from", otherwise, they would have sent me back to China, all the same. I was amazed at the fact that the German immigration did not mind at all my re-entry into Germany, and simply stamped my passport with no hesitation at all. To this day, it makes me wonder about the English fobia at "foreigners". It took me one week to get back, [in spite of the warnings of the immigration officials in Dusseldorf, threatening me with a full year stay in Germany]. He, he, he, he,.... They did not know I had friends in "high places"... 'Influyentes en el gobierno', which facilitated my re-entry. This, made the immigration officer who kicked me out, extremely pissed, but who cares! Quite an experience... in this case, the friendly lady was German who made the one week stay, a far more pleasant wait than otherwise would have been. g The bonus was, I got to know Frankfurt, Cologne (great Cathedral), and Dusseldorf (Where the British consulate was). Ah yes, and the Argentinean consulate was also very helpful, but I can't remember how I ended up there...