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Immigration Patrols On Domestic Amtrak
On Jul 14, 7:53 pm, "Bill in Schenectady" wrote:
"Janet Wilder" wrote in message ... Bill in Schenectady wrote: I still think it's dumb. Protect the borders at the borders. I live 6 miles from the Mexican border. The Border Patrol does its job but illegals do slip through. Many, many of them are caught at checkpoints along US 281 and US 77. Those checkpoints are located 70+ miles north of the Rio Grande. The local media reports on the catching of illegal immigrants and drug shipments at these checkpoints on an almost daily basis. -- Janet Wilder Bad spelling. Bad punctuation Good Friends. Good Life I suppose I shouldn't compare the southern border with the northern. Relatively few illegal immigrants come over from Canada. Are you kidding me? The illegals from Canada just blend in more easily. When the Canadian economy was bad the numbers probably rival that of Mexico. I rarely hear of anyone being caught due to checkpoints near the Canadian border (or even at the border itself). Because it's so much easier for Canadians to come in as visitors. In fact, the guy with the TB case came across on the I-87 crossing from Canada into New York State. He was on a watch list, and border patrol just waved him through. The same border patrol treated my family of four, with two teenaged girls, rather roughly when we came through the same crossing last year. They showed us who was boss, but didn't catch someone on a watch list |
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Immigration patrols on domestic Amtrak
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:39:37 -0700,
wrote: Personally, I never use Amtrak. If I want to experience Soviet-era travel, I'll go visit North Korea instead. I had no problems using it and I certainly wouldn't consider it Soviet-era. Of course, if you never use it, you'd never know, would you? I feel left out; as a non-USAian no-one asked to see my ID on the way to Buffalo. Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/ latest: Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/ latest: Self-Testing and Type 2 Management |
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Immigration patrols on domestic Amtrak
On Jul 14, 6:44 pm, "Bill in Schenectady" wrote:
We were on the Lake Shore Limited, traveling from Chicago to Schenectady (the train goes on to New York City) when, just after the Buffalo stop, the train stopped and two uniformed immigration patrol officers boarded and walked through the coach class cars asking each person if he or she is an American citizen. And this surprises you because...? Amtrak official policy (as stated on their website) is that government-issued photo ID is required to purchase a ticket. Moreover, passengers must produce valid ID ("Papers Please!") any time they are asked to do so while on the train. Personally, I never use Amtrak. If I want to experience Soviet-era travel, I'll go visit North Korea instead. At it's worst, it reeks of countries where you can be stopped at any time and place and asked to present your papers. |
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Immigration patrols on domestic Amtrak
In article om,
wrote: Amtrak official policy (as stated on their website) is that government-issued photo ID is required to purchase a ticket. Moreover, passengers must produce valid ID ("Papers Please!") any time they are asked to do so while on the train. This is required by the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Your bone is with the US government. |
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On 2007-07-14 22:53:17 -0400, "Bill in Schenectady" said:
Relatively few illegal immigrants come over from Canada. I rarely hear of anyone being caught due to checkpoints near the Canadian border (or even at the border itself). In fact, the guy with the TB case came across on the I-87 crossing from Canada into New York State. He was on a watch list, and border patrol just waved him through. There was also the little matter of an intended Arab bomber trying to get through a checkpoint in Washington state back in 1999 or 2000. Fortunately, he was caught at the border and put out of circulation. |
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In article , Martin D. Pay
wrote: Does that mean a US-government issued ID? If so, the tentative plans my wife and I are making to use Amtrack for internal travel (rather than fly internally within the USA) on our next visit won't be possible... No, it does not mean a US government issued ID. It means a government issued photo ID. If the photo ID is issued by the Albanian government it is a valid. And it does not have to be a passport. It can for example, be a drivers license issued by the Albanian government. |
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Immigration patrols on domestic Amtrak
"Bill in Schenectady" wrote in message news:a_emi.2187$fP4.1511@trndny07... Legally, I don't think traveling by Amtrak is any different than driving on highways. You don't see roadblocks on the nation's interstates (except for some poorly thought out ones on the interstates leading from Canada and, presumably, from Mexico). This train never crossed a border. And the officers did not bother with the presumably wealthier sleeper passengers. I've been stopped by such patrols on Interstates in California Keith |
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Immigration patrols on domestic Amtrak
In rec.travel.usa-canada Whitelightning wrote:
Once west of the great lakes the border between Canada and the USA is damn near imposable to secure unless we put troops on the border spaced every 100 yards, would to be every 25 yards in some places unless we started clear cutting vegetation. It is already clear cut, 20 feet wide. -- K. Lang may your lum reek. |
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