Stellar pointed me to this amazing story….
Land of the Free – is a blog about how a German resident was treated after landing in America – she was subjected to handcuffs, solitary confinement, and 20 hours of food deprivation. This German resident, who wanted to visit her fiance in Colorado Springs, was deported back to Germany after this inhumane and criminal treatment.
“. My crime in a nutshell, if there is a nutshell in this case, is being engaged to an American and “never” living in Germany long enough to convince this one man that Germany is home. “
I am floored by the depths of insenstitvity and arrogance that my fellow countrymen are capable of.
my cousin had had a similar experince – when she attempted to cross the border from Mexico – back into the US. She lived in San Diego and she had a green card. She was also married to a US Navy man.
Regardless of her papers being in order – she spent a day and a night in a horrible INS detention cell – met with silent accusations. Finally, it took some US Navy muscle to spring her from INS custody.
And this was before 9.11 – I can only imagine that her treatment would be ten times worse – being from the Philippines – they would brand her as Abu Sayyaf or something.