yaeh we are taking I-10 all the way. No we can't be sent to any of those countries, but we ARE brown :-D
I have been in the US for almost 21 years. i'm turning 23 this year. I just recently found out that I was supposed to renew my residential alien card when I was 14! Yikes! I'm going to renew it this week. I hope that's still possible :-D
----- Original Message -----
From: dana tierney
To: CF-Community
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Scary if True
I know the Texas-NM border area pretty well. Two questions. Are you going to Los Angeles or north of there? Can your family members by any stretch of someone's bigoted imagination be taken to be Iraqi, Afghan or Pakistani?
Actually, regardless, I think my advice is to avoid the whole area. You are within the Border Patrol's perimeter the entire length of I-10 after San Antonio. I am not personally comfortable with people being able to detain me at will, and I am blonde, blue-eyed, and totally legal. You never know when you are going to get one of the psychos. I have talked to Border Patrol agents who were *extremely* angry people.
This is by no means all of them and I have lived hassle-fre within that perimeter for extended periods (Real County TX and Las Cruces NM) but uh, when I went through there (twice in the last couple of months) I cut cross-country to I-40 to avoid the checkpoints on I-10. The first screening question is "is everyone a US citizen?" Nuff said.
In addition, I-10 is very lonely for long stretches and yes, crawling with illegal aliens and drug smugglers. Lonely road, lots of people with guns, possible psychos, official or not... it's enough for me.
You live in Houston right? For Albuquerque I went through Huntsville, Dallas and Amarillo. After that you are on I-40 which will take you straight into Los Angeles.
Whichever way you go, people should definitely have ID and permanent resident or naturalization cards with them. They can verify your status if need be but do you really want to be detained while they do? I went through this once when I HAD to go to Canada even though I couldn't find my green card. In that instance they were very courteous, but there was no question of me going anywhere until they checked. If you do get one of the psychos... that might not be fun.
Dana
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: brobborb
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Scary if True
>
>
> Hey guys, quick question. I live in Texas. My whole family is going to Cali
>for the summer, a road trip!. There are still a few in my family that are not
>US citizens (but legal permanent residents).
>
> I heard horror stories from my friend who made a similar trip, and on his way
>back, near the New mexico/Texas border, they were stopped by [immigration
>officers?] and were being "harassed" with all sorts of questions. This was in
>december 2003! He backed off after my friend asked him for his name and
>supervisor's name, stuff like that.
>
> I would like some suggestions as to how to prepare myself
>mentally/legally/physically for this ordeal!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Angel Stewart
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:26 AM
> Subject: RE: Scary if True
>
> *sigh*
> God.
> The downfall of humanity.
>
> -Gel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Clark
>
> Is our country really being run by madmen?
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1195568,00.html
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