tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post6429964291490413088..comments2024-03-19T03:18:54.509-06:00Comments on Hot Chicks Dig Smart Men: What the Hell Were You Thinking? - Federal Board of Immigration AppealsJaniecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223994862015217811noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-11056445625834316542008-09-23T14:21:00.000-06:002008-09-23T14:21:00.000-06:00There's also a possibly that Mary is a force to be...There's also a possibly that Mary is a force to be reckoned with, and knows how to game the system. (She forgot to renew her kids' passports, and spend so much time talking to Seantor Rockefeller's office to get a rush put on them she eventually started calling offices and saying, "Well, I was just talking to Rhonda, Senator Rockefeller's assistant, and she said..."<BR/><BR/>:)Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-15600982650973032092008-09-23T13:19:00.000-06:002008-09-23T13:19:00.000-06:00Oh yes, there's an undercurrent of racism there, t...Oh yes, there's an undercurrent of racism there, too. I don't toss that word around lightly, but I believe it to be true in this case.<BR/><BR/>To be fair to the INS, poorer countries have higher proportions of people trying to game our system, but that's no excuse to behave as badly as they do.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-43325311030413242052008-09-23T12:13:00.000-06:002008-09-23T12:13:00.000-06:00Maybe it depends upon your nationality and where y...Maybe it depends upon your nationality and where your from?<BR/><BR/>My friends mother is Spanish and although she is married to an American and has American kids, is simply a permanent resident of the US.<BR/><BR/>The only story I've ever her her tell about the INS is that she had an older friend who was married to an American but had (for some reason) never gotten her residency. After her husband died, not understanding how immigration in the US worked, lived in deathly fear of being deported (because you know the INS is all over little old ladies living in WV) Mary walked her through getting her citizenship, and after decades she was finally able to return to visit her family.<BR/><BR/>That's if for her stories about the INS.<BR/><BR/>Like I said, I think it may greatly depend upon your nationality.<BR/><BR/>Which is shitty, but in an entirely different way.Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-13897172241068513302008-09-23T11:56:00.000-06:002008-09-23T11:56:00.000-06:00She's been a citizen for over 12 years. She got he...She's been a citizen for over 12 years. She got her Green Card in 86 under that amnesty, but never had the gumption to get the full paperwork until we went to Taiwan in 94, right after we got married. INS gave her such a hard time about getting back into the country on her Taiwanese passport that she decided to go ahead and get the blue one.<BR/><BR/>She's a dual citizen, something I'm a bit dubious about, but she renewed her ROC passport after letting it lapse for 10 years because she's the executrix of my FIL's will, and you have to be a Taiwanese citizen to fill that role. If we buy that house in Taipei it will get us a tax break, too, but we didn't find that out until we had already settled the will thing.<BR/><BR/>When the FIL passes away, she will return to vote, as he has done (she's never voted in Taiwan). She wants to honor him in that way, since the KMT got his ass outta the PRC and certain death, she feels the need to continue to support them for him.<BR/><BR/>I guess I don't have too much of a problem with that.<BR/><BR/>If it came to a fight between the US and Taiwan, though, she'd side with the US, so by that definition, she's American to me.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-50594153770200441192008-09-23T10:57:00.000-06:002008-09-23T10:57:00.000-06:00Cindi, I'm foamy, too. It must be in our "Designe...Cindi, I'm foamy, too. It must be in our "Designer Genes."<BR/><BR/>John, I'm fortunate that I've never had to deal with them. I'll take your word for it. <BR/><BR/>Is your wife a citizen now?Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-24625576665647988722008-09-23T10:36:00.000-06:002008-09-23T10:36:00.000-06:00INS personnel are the rudest, stupidest, most inco...INS personnel are the rudest, stupidest, most incompetent and draconian arm of the Federal Government. My wife turned her green card in for a passport after we got married, and I got to watch them operate up close and personal. Since they are dealing with non-citizens they can and do all sorts of unconstitutional and quasi-constitutional things. <BR/><BR/>INS is the DMV of Federal Law enforcement. The DMV is where people too stupid to become state cops wind up (back in MD the pretentious little shits actually had uniforms). INS is where people too stupid to become ATF agents, FBI agents or Secret Service operatives wind up.<BR/><BR/>I have no first-hand experience with their court systems, fortunately, but I'd imagine that people too stupid to become judges in real Federal Courts wind up in those, positions, as well.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-41757302606023299142008-09-23T10:33:00.000-06:002008-09-23T10:33:00.000-06:00Ayan Hirsi Ali's description of her own "female ci...Ayan Hirsi Ali's description of her own "female circumcision" at age 5 haunts me to this day. It's a truly horrific "procedure", and one that is practiced in <EM>this</EM> country as well; mostly by African immigrants, under the guise of religous freedom. <BR/><BR/>Don't you just love it when people practice abuse in the name of God?<BR/><BR/>I get a little frothy about this issue, as you may have noticed.Cindi in COhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00857773418981487019noreply@blogger.com