Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff Isn't Ted one of "them thar furriners" from the Northern wilderness of Canada? BTW, how do Canadians treat US tourists flying in for a visit? Jerry Jeffery Smith wrote: > I thought you were a US citizen for some reason (probably your perfect > English). At least you weren't photographed simply because of your > ethnicity. I thought the US learned its lesson last century with that > gaff (Korematsu v. United States). I'm not sure they are on firm ground > with the special attention being paid to middle-eastern-looking people. > Hope they treat them better than they treated the > not-very-middle-eastern-looking Ted Grant. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Karen > Nakamura > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 12:47 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] What would you do if this happened to you? > > I was fingerprinted and photographed on re-entry into the U.S. last > week. It wasn't a hassle. The photograph was taken by something that > looked liked one of those videocams that you can buy at CircuitCity > for $30 (with a $30 rebate) and the fingerprint was a digital > fingerprint (inkless system) of my left and right index fingers. > Everyone was polite and it was minimal hassle. > > They're only photoing/fingerpinting people who need visas to > re-enter. I'm on a H1B visa so that's why I had to get it. Most > Japanese and European tourists on the 90-day visa waiver don't need > to go through it. People who looked like they came from the middle > east were apparently all being taken into a separate room, from what > I could tell. > > Karen > > -- > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information