US Customs and Border Patrol....SMDH

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  1. Dinner

    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    So are you currently so upset you are raving nonsense or do you actually believe that horse shit you wrote? No, British nationals are not effected neither are duel nationals. So, no, Mo is just fine and please try to learn what the facts are before you rave any more.
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    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    Actually, we have know each other since we were 19 and she comes once a year here to visit family so we get together then. She works as a lawyer in Panama.
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    The State Department has confirmed it DOES affect dual nationals: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/tr...-dual-nationality-state-department-2017-01-28

    Farah doesn't hold a Somali passport so it's unclear if this applies to him, but the issue here is the uncertainty and fear created by the cack-handed way the Trump Administration has gone about it. This isn't a fucking episode of The Apprentice where he sets a bizarre task and expects folk to figure out how to accomplish it, this is a matter of national policy and law enforcement that needs clear directives from the top, not mindless pandering to you and your ilk.
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  4. Stallion

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    Are you still drunk or do you just not read? You obviously don't read your own countries policy as duel nationals are affected! You probably didnt bother reading my post either, if you did you would realise i didn't rave, but posted Farrahs press release.

    Heres another affected person. A vetinary surgeon, living and working in my city. Grew up and was educated in Italy. Flying home, not even trying to get into America, just transiting through. Yet due to her Iranian passport, her flights were useless.

    All so you could feel safe.

    Funds raised for US flight ban vet to return to Glasgow - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38788116
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  5. Dinner

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    So, not a citizen? Noncitizens do not have an automatic right to enter and she could always renounce her dual citizenship if it inconveniences her so.

    Anyway, courts have already ruled that people with existing visas get in. Now, we need to make sure existing visas do not get renewed after they expire.
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    All the crying about banning some muslims who come from terrorism hotspots yet not a peep out of the left about how six of the seven countries ban Israelis and five of the seven officially ban Jewish people from entry.

    Just more double standards.
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    We expect better of America than we do of Iran. Is that concept too difficult for you?
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    And if we had TWO walls, and a demilitarized zone full of land mines in between, think of how effective that would be! :cool:
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    How about Big Oil?
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    http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/barac...-trump-jimmy-carter-iran-iranian-immigration/

    A great article which should be read by some of you ill informed ravers who are currently losing your shit. You can read about how fucked up our current visa system is letting in known Islamic terrorist bomb makers, how Jimmy Carter also banned entry for citizens of some countries, and how Trump's allowed number of refugee entries is the same as Obama's first administration.

    I am sure few of you are interested in facts though, you seldom are, and instead want to rant about your feelings no matter how unfounded. You lost, get over it, now it is their turn, and a lot of the country likes this for all the right reasons.
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    Hey, a Mewa thread made it to 100 posts, y'all:P

    He's still the King of Posts! :jdance:
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  12. Lt. Mewa

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    Dinner is entitled to his viewpoint but he doesn't seem to have any allies here. Before I made this thread I was unaware if the shitstorm that was brewing.

    I was fortunate to have spoke with my friend the day before the shit hit the fan. Dude is now putting in mad overtime at JFK.

    I also saw many threads on Facebook concerning this subject.
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    So they have a list and it gonna be only certain people. If you go back to my OP you will see what I was alluding to concerning the Customs and Border patrol people. They are gonna fuck with everyone!!!

    So when somebody here says oh you're traveling from a place thats not on the list, don't worry. NO. Worry. Sorry but its gonna be log jam at the airport along with collateral damage.
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    The Africans are putting the Mexicans out of work. Its the latest trend.
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    What strikes me as odd about the executive order is how selective it is. Saudi Arabia, the country that produced the 9/11 terrorists, is off the list. UK dual citizens are banned but not Canadian dual citizens.

    What kind of thoughtless toddler drafted this order? Oh, wait...
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    Once again there is no thought being applied by those who dislike Trump.

    The countries selected are currently countries where the United States has a great deal of trouble vetting anyone due to lack of records in the country.

    Saudi Arabia is not on the list because as scummy as they may be they keep records. Enough records to do proper background checks. They haven't produced any more 9/11 terrorists because they got their intelligence act together and they do work with the United States. We can vet people coming from Saudi Arabia.
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    SA would never be on a list. Too much sacking the oil teat.
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    And what does Indonesia the largest Islamic country in the world produce?
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    Sounds reasonable. Got a source to back it?
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    Even less likely now. The Russians need the Saudis to sell less oil, since they can't compete on price right now. Until now, they lacked any leverage there, but the US has plenty. Saudi Arabia not being on the list means the Russians we want them to do something. My guess is less oil production, meaning higher pump prices but happy Russians.
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    Dunno. I'll check to see how many hotels Trump has there and let you know. :bergman:
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    That explains 15 months of the vetting process. It doesn't explain why anyone from those countries should not be admitted access to the US after being vetted.

    Also, could the US bombing the country, including buildings where records are kept, be responsible for lack of records?

    Here's an idea, stop bombing other countries. There, now there's no reason people to leave their country, no reason for refugees, no reason to deny access.

    Trump is a fucking idiot. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you'll get to stop having to make excuses for him.
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    Can you name the countries out of the seven where we are bombing them?
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  28. Lt. Mewa

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    I thought our embassy's were involved with vetting overseas. You make it seem like people just show up at airport and self proclaim refugee status.

    Our people are there. A system is in place. They have been approved on that side. That's how they get on the plane. The opposition here is ignoring various aspects of the process. My guy customs says that Trump has thrown a monkey wrench into the works.
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    When I get the chance I will try to get more on the process when people land with correct papers. The major problem here is that Trumps action has only affected the process on the US side.

    In simple terms...if you can't fly to California then you shouldn't be sold a ticket to fly there.
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    Dinner, you're a smart guy but its your blanket statements that kill you. All illegal aliens are criminals. Any Muslim could be a terrorist. And so on.

    One part of you is a modern man living in the year 2017. The other...a 50's era racist.
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