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I agree with you and I am empathetic, but somehow 67 million international tourists manage to enter the U.S. per year, according to this http://en.wikipedia.org

I agree with you and I am empathetic, but somehow 67 million international tourists manage to enter the U.S. per year, according to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings so perhaps, my advice is, don't overreact.

nknighthb 13y ago
Rather than directing your "advice" to the victims, direct it to the US immigration officers.
- vasilipupkin 13y ago
  There is no doubt that the U.S. immigration system is broken and needs fixing, this is a complicated political issue that is currently being debated in Congress. Conditional on this unfortunate reality, which we can't immediately change, my advice is not to over-react.
  - nknighthb 13y ago
    Don't deflect blame onto the system, either. I will accept many excuses for many job choices. I will not accept any excuses for being paid to do this kind of evil. If their behavior were mandated by immigration law (and it's not), they would still be 100% culpable.
  - yardie 13y ago
    The only immigration debate going on in Congress is undocumented workers and increasing visas for a select class of people. As far as tourists and non-immigrant visas are concerned there is no debate and it's business as usual.
Spooky23 13y ago
True, but the onerous nature of the experience has impacted the popularity of the US as a tourist destination. "The United States' share of the total travel market is down, to 11.2 percent in 2010 from 17.3 percent in 2000" "There were also big declines in the same period in travel from France (down 23.2 percent), Brazil (down 20.3 percent), Germany (down 19.2 percent) and Japan (down 5.8 percent)." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/business/with-brand-usa-us-in-big-drive-to-attract-foreign-tourists.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/business/with-brand-usa-us...

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I agree with you and I am empathetic, but somehow 67 million international tourists manage to enter the U.S. per year, according to this http://en.wikipedia.org

by vasilipupkin 13y ago

nknighthb 13y ago
Rather than directing your "advice" to the victims, direct it to the US immigration officers.
- vasilipupkin 13y ago
  There is no doubt that the U.S. immigration system is broken and needs fixing, this is a complicated political issue that is currently being debated in Congress. Conditional on this unfortunate reality, which we can't immediately change, my advice is not to over-react.
  - nknighthb 13y ago
    Don't deflect blame onto the system, either. I will accept many excuses for many job choices. I will not accept any excuses for being paid to do this kind of evil. If their behavior were mandated by immigration law (and it's not), they would still be 100% culpable.
  - yardie 13y ago
    The only immigration debate going on in Congress is undocumented workers and increasing visas for a select class of people. As far as tourists and non-immigrant visas are concerned there is no debate and it's business as usual.
Spooky23 13y ago
True, but the onerous nature of the experience has impacted the popularity of the US as a tourist destination. "The United States' share of the total travel market is down, to 11.2 percent in 2010 from 17.3 percent in 2000" "There were also big declines in the same period in travel from France (down 23.2 percent), Brazil (down 20.3 percent), Germany (down 19.2 percent) and Japan (down 5.8 percent)." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/business/with-brand-usa-us-in-big-drive-to-attract-foreign-tourists.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/business/with-brand-usa-us...