----- Original Message -----
From: dana tierney
To: CF-Community
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: Scary if True
Um. I didnt think they expired nine years ago. The first one I had (it was stolen) did not. All I can say is good luck.
Dana
> We're going to Long beach!
>
> 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?
> >
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1195568,00.html
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