Foreign Travelers Face Fingerprints and Jet Lag

[Bill Stewart]

At 07:22 AM 10/3/2004, Steve Furlong wrote:

>On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 05:18, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> > The US now has the dubious distinction of being more obnoxious to get 
> through
> > the borders than the former East Germany (actually even without this 
> measure,
> > the checks had become at least as obnoxious as the East German ones).  I
> > wonder whether the next step will be building a wall...

There's already a wall / fence built to keep Mexicans out.

>Reign in the overheated rhetoric. The East German state built their wall
>to keep the East Germans from leaving, while the US policies are meant
>to keep out a demonstrated threat.

They're primarily intended to create a climate of fear and dependence
and reassure the American public that the government's in charge.


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