How pathetic of the USA government...
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How pathetic of the USA government...
| Tue, 01-06-2004 - 12:02pm |
USA is fingerprinting and photographing all foreigners who enter the USA for security reasons, that I agree. Brasil is doing the same thing but only with USA tourists. US Government disagrees that Brasil is doing that for US citizens. But hey how come USA has the right and it is forcing everyone to get fingerprinted and photographed all foreigners regarldless where they come from but US government gets mad if other countries does the same with US people? Common! So dumb!! Other countries are entitled also to do that as well to anyone they want, US is not the only and exclusive country that are entitled to do it.
USA also have mad and crazy people out there who can harm people as well, not just other countries. Like the old saying "If it is good for the goose it is good for the geese".

Here is a link explaining the process:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/06/SECURITY.TMP
Thanks for posting the link.
Many of the countries that are being excluded from the finger printing/photo entry
My post was responding to the comment that this was being done "all foreigners":
"USA is fingerprinting and photographing all foreigners who enter the USA for security reasons, that I agree. Brazil is doing the same thing but only with USA tourists. US Government disagrees that Brazil is doing that for US citizens. But hey how come USA has the right and it is forcing everyone to get fingerprinted and photographed all foreigners regardless where they come from>.
My opinion of the situation, as a citizen of the US, is that we are once again showing just how arrogant we are.
2. The US govt. doesn't give a flip that Brazil is fingerprinting US travelers.
"If the Brazilian government thinks it’s in their interests (to fingerprint and photograph Americans), so be it."--Tom Ridge
Renee
"Ridge acknowledged that US-VISIT — United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology — will only cover a small fraction of the estimated 500 million annual visitors to the United States, but he said the program was but the "first significant step in a series of steps" the government plans to take in the coming months and years.
Renee