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Ya there are some odd questions when applying for green cards in US as well. You would like to think that the communist questions are artifacts, but I doubt the
by mhurron 15y ago
Ya there are some odd questions when applying for green cards in US as well. You would like to think that the communist questions are artifacts, but I doubt they are.
"Are you or have you been a member of the Nazi party/movement"
"Are you or have you been a member of a Communist Organization"
"Have you been charged with or convicted of genocide"
Who would answer yes to those questions?
- sgentle 15y agoIt's not illegal to be a member of a communist organisation, or a Nazi, but it is illegal to lie on those forms. Asking those questions is a way of upping the stakes; you either admit you're a commie and they don't let you in, or you lie and you're up on a felony charge for making false statements.
- GFischer 15y agoWell, the Communist party is part of the governing coalition here in Uruguay (the president is a former guerrilla fighter), which has caused a lot of problems (top government officials are not cleared to visit the U.S. because of their past). And the Communist party has a lot of members here.
- gyardley 15y agoWell, I did. I mean, who wants to get busted for lying to the US government? You don't know how detailed their background check is going to be - or whether they're ever going to do a more detailed one in the future. I'm still down here almost a decade later, so obviously a 'yes' here isn't an automatic deal-breaker.
- biot 15y agoHopefully you've learned your lesson and no longer engage in genocide.