christ, hire me for INS duty. all german techno girl DJs get in free! :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carissa Tintinalli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 6:58 PM Subject: Re: (313) no (ellen) alliens in nyc > My guess is that we'll start seeing even more artists getting denied entry > into the U.S. Hopefully this won't affect Movement anymore, but I wouldn't > be suprised if it did. > > The INS announced a couple of months ago that it was going to get stricter > with work visas for artists and entertainers. They feel that this would be > an easier route for terrorists to enter the country, seeing as the > requirements aren't as strict as those to obtain a permanent work visa (i.e. > needing a college degree or official certification in your field). > > But even beyond those reasons, the INS has more power than many realize to > deny people, and for a variety of reasons. If Ellen Allien had even some > misdemeanor charge for jaywalking on her record, they could use that as > reason to turn her back. Actually, they don't even need a reason. They could > have just thought "female techno dj from Germany travelling with all these > records.......hmmmm....this doesn't appeal to my conservative outlook. > DENIED!". > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >oooh, I wonder how much this (customs and increased "security") will affect > >Movement this year? > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines >
