Thanks for the feedback everyone. I was wondering if I was looking at it wrong because I was bent out of shape. To answer these questions: No, deportation is not in the cards. I am still legal. I would simple be hard put to prove it. Theoretically I am supposed to carry the green card at all times, but I never do, as I look and sound American and nobody has ever stopped me in the street and asked me for it. On the other hand I am totally SOL if I want to: Travel to Canada or Mexico or even South Texas or southern New Mexico. I did once go to Canada without my green card but that was a family emergency. It would require me to assume the Homeland Security people can find me in their computer and that I am dealing with one of the more rational agents. I do not know if I can replace the driver's license. I do not know what this does to my citizenship application. I am required to have a valid green card, but I am not sure if this means physically in my possession. I know that at some point I am supposed to surrender it... I cannot get a job, should I want to . (I'm self-employed at the moment.) I am not sure if I will be able to pick up my student loan check. There are a host of bureaucracies that require me to produce the alien registration card periodically.... Costs - hmmm. Last I looked it was $90 for a replacement card. The two years is for the replacement card. New Mexico driver's license is $80 or $90. I have not yet tried to quantify the costs of the above. As for your advice, thanks. Yes, I will at a miniumum be talking to the owner. It's a local chain. I am considering suing. I dislike litigation but this might be a case for it.
Dana On 9/9/05, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Serious questions: > What are the ramifications of losing your green card? Deportation? > Loss of services? > How much will it cost you (time, fees, etc) to get a replacement card > (I can only assume that a replacement will take less time than a new > card issue)? > > semi-serious question: > Ask the owner to explain how such a brobdignagian retardate was > allowed to rise to a position of authority? > > and then: > Sue the shit out of the store. > > > -- > will > > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173514 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
