2006-07-14

U.S. Government Increasingly Blocking Entry at the Border Because of Ideology, ACLU Says

Although the documents are heavily redacted, the records suggest that the government used the ideological exclusion provision to exclude from the country, among others, an Italian woman residing in Colombia, a mother and daughter residing in Canada, a businessman from Venezuela, and a woman from Costa Rica. The names of the individuals have been redacted.

The ideological exclusion provision permits the government to exclude anyone from the country who, in the government’s view, "endorses or espouses" terrorism or "persuades others" to support terrorism. While the provision is nominally directed at terrorism, the government appears to be using the provision to censor and manipulate debate, said the ACLU.
I hope I can get back into the country after my vacation...

5 comments:

Paul Hue said...

The ease of immigrating to the US appears to be a minor problem, even for immigrants, judging from the huge number of them.

Nadir said...

As long as you don't have any views that are contrary to the ruling class position.

I remember there used to be something in the Constitution about freedom of speech. I guess that's one of those "relics of a pre-911 world"...

Paul Hue said...

Maybe when the word spreads about how tyranical and totalitarianistic this country actually is, and how unhappy its people are (what with blacks about to lose their voting rights), the immigrants will stop coming. And people will start streaming out... to where?

Nadir said...

Probably to the 149 happier nations on the list.

Paul Hue said...

Are you predicting that will happen? Your perspective does predict that.

My perspective (that the US is free and prosperous) predicts the opposite: The US will remain Target 1 of international immigration. And even the deovoted complainers -- like you -- won't leave.