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The proposed change is optional, not required. The title is misleading.
by jonnybgood 10y ago
The proposed change is optional, not required.
The title is misleading.
- adamnemecek 10y agoOdds are they are just testing the waters.
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- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 10y agoSo, are you saying they aren't using the information for anything? Why are they asking for it then? Or are you saying that it's optional, but supplying the information might have benefits, so, it's optional only in the sense that entering the US is optional?
- jonnybgood 10y agoYou could just read it. I'm only repeating what it states.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 10y agoYou are familiar with the concept of a lie?
- vacri 10y agoFrom the same people who brought you the question: are you currently a terrorist or involved in genocide? They're not exactly the sharpest pencils in the box. Interestingly, if you're a Nazi death camp survivor, you have to answer 'yes' to that question: "Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activities; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were you involved, in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?" Awesome, really. Either force those poor souls to lie, or force them to be questioned on that horror from their past...
- yladiz 10y agoThe latter part of that will be basically null now, since most or all of the survivors have passed on. Not thankful for their passing, but thankful that no one will have to answer that question and dig up horrible memories... At the very least it should be a separate question.
- yladiz 10y agoBut is it truly optional, as in if you don't provide the information, it's no different than providing it? There are other comments on this post that point to it not being truly optional, and omitting it could cause DHS to be suspicious, essentially making it a requirement (or a really annoying optional part of the process if you don't submit the information).
- madaxe_again 10y agoNothing to fear if you've nothing to hide, eh?
- vidarh 10y agoIf it is truly optional, then why ask for it? "Bad guys" would just opt to not provide it unless they have "clean" profiles to give out. Making something like this optional only makes sense as a way of getting it through without too much controversy.