How pathetic of the USA government...

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Registered: 11-09-2003
How pathetic of the USA government...
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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".

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 01-06-2004 - 12:57pm
Actually the US is exempting 27 nations from this new policy. That is why Brasil is angry. The checking includes some airports and docks, but not all. Anyone entering from any country through Canada or Mexico is also not checked.

Here is a link explaining the process:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/06/SECURITY.TMP

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Registered: 03-18-2000
Tue, 01-06-2004 - 1:14pm

Thanks for posting the link.


Many of the countries that are being excluded from the finger printing/photo entry

 


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Tue, 01-06-2004 - 2:04pm
What are the 27 cpuntries exempting from the new policy? Still USA does not have to be mad if Brasil is doing the same with their foreigners, it is for Brasil´s security reasons also. Mad people come from anywhere in the world, including USA, so they are entitled to being screened too if Brasil wants it.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 01-06-2004 - 3:31pm
If you go to the link it lists which countries are exempt and explains the controversy. Many believe the policy is discriminatory. The way it is being used has been called racist profiling.

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.

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Registered: 07-25-2003
Tue, 01-06-2004 - 6:10pm
1. Brazil's actions are in direct retaliation for the new US policy, not because of any danger from 'mad and crazy' Americans.

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

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Registered: 07-25-2003
Tue, 01-06-2004 - 6:18pm
I'm sure it will eventually, and it will also probably include fingerprint databases from all over the world instead of just the few 'known terrorist' ones that we have now:

"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

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Tue, 01-06-2004 - 7:31pm
Just to clarify, the US is not fingerprinting every foreigner who enters the county, rather the policy is to fingerprint certain foreigners who enter with a 90 days of less visa. I say certain foreigners because there is a list of 27 countries whose citizens are exempt from this policy. I would check my facts before I ranted on a message board.