Cdn programmers jailed -- visa issues

[Russell McOrmond]

  While I didn't previously take the warnings about not travelling to the 
USA because of my DMCA protests seriously, under the so-called "War on 
Terrorism" I'm not so sure.  I was born in Canada, and have Canadian 
citizenship, but even if I was not protesting the DMCA I'm not so sure it 
would be worth the risk.

(BTW: No, I'm not intending to start a thread on the war, just to offer a
warning to think twice before you head to the USA for business/pleasure).
---
 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
 Any 'hardware assist' for communications, whether it be eye-glasses, 
 VCR's, or personal computers, must be under the control of the citizen 
 and not a third party.   -- http://www.flora.ca/russell/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 19:55:54 -0500
From: Michael Gurstein 
Reply-To: cpi-ua at vancouvercommunity.net
To: cpi-ua at vancouvercommunity.net,
     Canfutures-L <canfutures-l at vancouvercommunity.net>
Subject: [CPI-UA] FW: CANUCKS: Cdn programmers jailed -- visa issues


Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:07:07 -0800
From: Brad Templeton 
To: declan
Subject: Canadian programmers in San Jose jailed for 5
days for no reason
Organization: http://www.templetons.com/brad

You may be interested in the story of Faramarz
Farahani and other high-tech workers in California
who, trying to do the right thing on the advice of
their lawyers, went to clear up immigration paperwork.
Farahani is a Canadian who was born in Iran, as was
another man.

In his case, he had overstayed his visa by 2 days.
When he went to the INS, they were too busy, and
rather than having him come back when they didn't have
so many people on staff, they jailed him,
sending him on a Con Air junket, eventually to a San
Diego jail, where, in the holiday spirit, he had to
sleep in a crowded cell on a concrete floor while INS
agents woke them every 15 minutes to ask questions.

Only because he had help from his silicon valley
employer and because he had good English did he make
it out after only 5 days of fun.

Welcome to America!


http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20021226/ULOCKN/Headlines/headdex/headdexInternational_temp/13/13/19/

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=farahani&btnG=Search+News


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