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This article is stuffed full of a tone where the author seems to feel that she deserves to be treated better than the other "common criminals" who were denied a
by seizethecheese 12y ago
This article is stuffed full of a tone where the author seems to feel that she deserves to be treated better than the other "common criminals" who were denied access to the US. I am engaged to a U.S. resident immigrant from Peru, and she is absolutely paranoid every time we leave the country to make sure all her paperwork is in order. She doesn't assume that in the event of a 'filing mistake' she will be whisked through and given special treatment.
- schoen 12y agoI was also struck by this aspect. The author seems to have some trouble empathizing with people who don't have the education, money, and connections that she does, and who are also being treated cruelly by U.S. immigration authorities (maybe also as a result of misunderstandings, clerical errors, cultural differences, hard-to-foresee technicalities, ...!). I guess in the author's situation I would also be shocked that immigration restrictions had actually ensnared me, who had never ever encountered any immigration-related troubles before -- even given my opposition to those restrictions, I don't expect them to have a concrete effect on my life.
- seizethecheese 12y agoYeah, I think these feelings are natural. Many natural feelings beg for reflection however, and the OP missed that boat completely.
- infoseckid 12y agoI think what she meant was being put in the same category as people who had committed real crimes which warrants harsh treatments like confinements. I don't think she meant treat me specially :)