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2009-09-04 Home Front: WoT

Time to get serious about those who overstay visas

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Posted by ryuge 2009-09-04 09:30|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 How about a radio repeater brcelet that signals if cut off, and responds to any signal with a simple signal (This is 123456789) you could put "Beepers" In every airport, train station every passport office and border, the bracelet sends a squeak (HERE I AM)12356789, if cut off and a computer then sends the nearest squad car wirh a physical description to the Electronic Screech point

Those of you who just took a deep breath to scream CIVIL LIBERTIES Must remember they're NOT CITIZENS.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-09-04 12:58|| 2009-09-04 12:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Do non-citizens have zero liberties?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-09-04 13:21|| 2009-09-04 13:21|| Front Page Top

#3 BP, they have the liberty not to come - and if I had to be subjected to this kind of treatment in order to visit another country I do believe I would exercise that liberty and not go.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-09-04 14:23|| 2009-09-04 14:23|| Front Page Top

#4 bracelets can be embarrassing. A chip under the skin like we do to our pets would be better. The chips tend to move, making them harder to remove.

Just kidding. I think simply taking the problem seriously for a change would be a step in the right direction.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-09-04 16:07|| 2009-09-04 16:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Visas are required to come in and have a deadline issued at the time. They could be required to check in when they leave and any violation should trigger an arrest warrant, much like unpaid fines or parole violations do. Law enforcement has that down pretty well--my sister sat overnight in the clink with a bunch of drunks and hos for a forgotten speeding ticket.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-09-04 16:44|| 2009-09-04 16:44|| Front Page Top

#6 every day overstaying your visa == one day in jail.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-09-04 16:47|| 2009-09-04 16:47|| Front Page Top

#7 I once had a coworker who bragged about her mother (here illegally) getting twice weekly home health care paid for by U.S. taxpayers. Congress doesn't give a shit who's here - whatever way they came.

Posted by Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-04 16:58|| 2009-09-04 16:58|| Front Page Top

#8 BP, non-citizens do have certain legal rights, regardless of whether they are here with permission or not.

But the enforcement of visas and tossing out anyone who overstays their welcome is a pathetic joke, mainly due to the loud braying of the PC "immigrant advocates" (who strangely enough never want to do a damn thing to help ones who are here legally and doing what they can to comply with the law. Go figure.)

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-09-04 19:15|| 2009-09-04 19:15|| Front Page Top

#9 I keep saying that there is no such thing as an 'Illegal Immigrant'. Immigrants are, by definition, legal and the 'immigrant' status is granted to them by the government (Homeland inSecurity in this case).

These are ILLEGAL ALIENS.

We need to stop mixing these people up with legal immigrants (who we *want* to come here). It confuses the issue (intentionally by advocates) and insults those who have waited patiently for their chance to enter legally.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-09-04 20:38|| 2009-09-04 20:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Don't need bracelets or any other crazy tech. Other countries keep track of who's going and coming with no trouble. With 70s paper technology, even. In Japan, if you overstay, the cops show up at your registered domicile within a few days to check what happened. You can dodge them, but they'll be looking for you. Eventually people get tired of overstaying and go home. I knew one Kenyan girl who was there for 5 years on a 30 day visa, and she was packing up getting ready to go home.

Posted by gromky 2009-09-04 22:02|| 2009-09-04 22:02|| Front Page Top

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