Immigration for people already in the US and overstaying VISAs is not what the post was about actually. You really should look at the comments on the slashdot.org site to see which policies the IOC had a problem with.
We're not talking about visiting athletes, we are talking about Visitors, tourists, the everyman from Pakistan, from Egypt, from Saudi Arabia,from the UK, coming to see the olympics. It would be the first time you have hosted the Olympics after the draconian Patriot Act and all the new immigration policies. Can you imagine...even comprehend the logistics of fingerprinting every passenger for an event like the olympics? Would these policies be magically suspended during a period when you have the largest influx of persons in decades into the US? Can you imagine with that volume of people how many false positives would pop up on the Don't Fly List alone? Really...check that slashdot link and read the comments. http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/03/1221205/Did-Chicago-Lose-Olympic-Bid-Due-To-US-Passport-Control 2009/10/4 Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> > > I am pretty sure that if we had won the bid to host the Olympics that > everything would have been done to ensure that the visiting athletes and > their entourage would have been made to feel welcome. This is not the > first time we have hosted the Olympics in this country. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305053 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
