Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They need the influx to compensate for the loss of Peter Jennings, Dan Ackroyd, Paul Schaeffer...... 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 Jerry Lehrer Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 7:36 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] What would you do if this happened to you? 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information