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US Immigration has been throwing the book at people way, way before Bin Laden. Sorry your feelings got hurt. Next time, pay attention.

• xupybd 11y ago
  Yeah why would you want to fix the system and make it easy for people to do things correctly and detect when they have made a mistake. Oh no wait that's actually exactly what you'd want.
  • briandear 11y ago
    They didn't make a mistake. They clearly were aware that a J1 and a visa waiver weren't the same thing. These were supposedly educated people. Why did they think the J1 existed? I would be slightly more sympathetic if their first language wasn't Ebglish and they weren't highly educated.
    • xupybd 11y ago
      NZ has three official language Ebglish is not one of them. Sorry too hard to resist the cheap shot. Edit: Sorry this is not meant to offend, I just thought it was funny.
• viraptor 11y ago
  Alternative solution where they don't just try to piss off as many people as possible: - automatically stop people from getting visa waivers if they applied for J-1 - save space in detention - save the time by not dealing with such cases at the airport - prevent people from getting treated badly - prevent articles like this from being written Or you know... keep throwing the book. That works very well as you can see.