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They forgot to mention the SEVIS record madness (want to know what the muslim registry will look like?), I20, being heckled or killed in the streets and casual

They forgot to mention the SEVIS record madness (want to know what the muslim registry will look like?), I20, being heckled or killed in the streets and casual border crossing racism by the CBP.

dominotw 10y ago
> being heckled or killed in the streets huh? >casual border crossing racism by the CBP. I had an "immigration office" tell me "you will be kicked out like dogs if these documents don't verify". My dad swore off visiting me in America due to his similar experience, I don't blame him. What decent person would put up with this, why do they do this?
- defen 10y ago
  >> being heckled or killed in the streets > huh? There were a couple (at least 2, maybe 3) of high-profile murders of Chinese grad students at UCLA within the past couple of years, which is my guess about what OP is referring to. The victims were targeted for their perceived wealth and/or foreignness.
  - nraynaud 10y ago
    and one at ASU last year.
Someone1234 10y ago
I'm very confused by your post. I know what SEVIS is and have personally experienced a LOT of problems with CBP, and agree that racism is part of the organisation's core. But the "hackled or killed in the streets." What does that refer to?
wolfgke 10y ago
> being heckled or killed Not being a native English speaker, I had to look up the meaning of "to heckle". Before I looked it up, in the context with "killed" I thought it would be a cynic derivation from "Heckler & Koch" (a gun manufacturer), just as "to hoover" (in British English), "to taser" or "to google". :-)
PakG1 10y ago
I work in China these days for the past few years. Have Canadian citizenship. During the holidays, visited friends in New York and went to Seattle. Both times, I was pulled aside for second inspection. New York got a total douche. He was on a power trip as we walked across the lobby, asking people if they saw a sign that said they could use their cell phones. No, then put the phone away. Eh, didn't see any signage saying it wasn't OK... https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume1-PartA-Chapter13.html https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume1... Going to Seattle, the guy was nice this time. He said he'd let me know why I got pulled aside for the extent that he was legally able, because being pulled aside had ruined our ability to go to the Boeing Future of Flight Center, which closed entry by a certain time. Apparently, going to China so often flags me. As well, the fact that my dad and I had just visited Turkey also. OK, I get if there are reasons that I get flagged, and most of these guys are just doing their jobs. But don't be a douche like the first guy. Be nice like the second guy.

They forgot to mention the SEVIS record madness (want to know what the muslim registry will look like?), I20, being heckled or killed in the streets and casual border crossing racism by the CBP.

dominotw 10y ago

> being heckled or killed in the streets huh? >casual border crossing racism by the CBP. I had an "immigration office" tell me "you will be kicked out like dogs if these documents don't verify". My dad swore off visiting me in America due to his similar experience, I don't blame him. What decent person would put up with this, why do they do this?

defen 10y ago
>> being heckled or killed in the streets > huh? There were a couple (at least 2, maybe 3) of high-profile murders of Chinese grad students at UCLA within the past couple of years, which is my guess about what OP is referring to. The victims were targeted for their perceived wealth and/or foreignness.
- nraynaud 10y ago
  and one at ASU last year.

Someone1234 10y ago

I'm very confused by your post. I know what SEVIS is and have personally experienced a LOT of problems with CBP, and agree that racism is part of the organisation's core. But the "hackled or killed in the streets." What does that refer to?

wolfgke 10y ago

> being heckled or killed Not being a native English speaker, I had to look up the meaning of "to heckle". Before I looked it up, in the context with "killed" I thought it would be a cynic derivation from "Heckler & Koch" (a gun manufacturer), just as "to hoover" (in British English), "to taser" or "to google". :-)

PakG1 10y ago

I work in China these days for the past few years. Have Canadian citizenship. During the holidays, visited friends in New York and went to Seattle. Both times, I was pulled aside for second inspection. New York got a total douche. He was on a power trip as we walked across the lobby, asking people if they saw a sign that said they could use their cell phones. No, then put the phone away. Eh, didn't see any signage saying it wasn't OK... https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume1-PartA-Chapter13.html https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume1... Going to Seattle, the guy was nice this time. He said he'd let me know why I got pulled aside for the extent that he was legally able, because being pulled aside had ruined our ability to go to the Boeing Future of Flight Center, which closed entry by a certain time. Apparently, going to China so often flags me. As well, the fact that my dad and I had just visited Turkey also. OK, I get if there are reasons that I get flagged, and most of these guys are just doing their jobs. But don't be a douche like the first guy. Be nice like the second guy.