After visa mix-up, guards lock up and strip-search UA graduate from Austria
Published Saturday, February 2, 2008
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Stumble It!On his way back to Fairbanks from Austria, Reinhard Neuhauser wandered into a nightmare that could have been scripted by Franz Kafka.
Neuhauser, 27, had a tourist visa to return to Alaska, where he has lived for six years as a University of Alaska student and ski coach. He has a master’s degree in economics from UAA and was to go to work full-time for the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation.
He had a visa issued by the U.S. consulate in Austria in mid-January, but officers in Seattle prevented him from entering the country last week. He said they interrogated him, yelled and accused him of lying.
“I was speechless and could not believe it,” Neuhauser said in a letter he sent to the U.S. consulate in Vienna on Friday.
“Two weeks before I had just put together a visa application and had to take the train down to Vienna to speak to the consulate. There, I explicitly told them I will go to Alaska to set up my work visa application,” he said.
He said that he has entered the U.S. 12 times over six years and takes great care before traveling, realizing that the rules are strict.
After four hours of interrogation in Seattle, he said the officer told him that the consulate in Austria should not have issued the B1/B2 visa. The officer added that Neuhauser could “voluntarily” withdraw his visa and get on a plane back to Europe.
“I cannot believe it and get really mad, but keep myself together,” Neuhauser wrote in his account of the ordeal. “What kind of justice is this? I have to give fingerprints at least three times of all 10, give data on my parents and friends, bank accounts, things that I own, phone numbers and addresses of me, family and friends.”
The worst part of this story, in my mind, is that after Neuhauser agreed to withdraw his visa, the federal authorities sent him away from the airport in a police car at about midnight.
“I was not told where I would be brought or what I have to expect,” Neuhauser said. “An officer laughs when I ask him and tells me, ‘You will get some good night sleep, in a nice bed.’”
He said after about 20 minutes the police car arrived at a high-security jail with 1,200 inmates.
“After stripping down naked in front of an officer and putting on the inmate uniform I am ordered to lean forward, put my hands on the wall and spread my legs. An officer does a touch-down exam on every part of my body.
“Then I was thrown in a single cell again with a concrete block to sit or sleep on and the lights on all night to stay up. Every half-hour an officer wakes you up, moves you into a different cell or asks you questions again,” he said.
“I never fall asleep for longer than a few minutes. They bring me to a separate area and a different cell again. They run medical tests and an X-ray of my chest until 4 a.m.”
The next stop was a small cell with iron bunk beds and no mattresses.
“I am very tired and I can not believe what is happening and why,” he wrote. “It all seems like a bad movie, but unfortunately it is not.”
At about 8 a.m., he was handcuffed and taken out of that cell. At 10 a.m., he was returned to the airport to wait for a 6 p.m. flight.
He said it was humiliating to be treated like a criminal and made to feel unwelcome.
While waiting for the plane, the officers at the airport “laughingly ask me how I like the facility and how my ‘inmate colleagues’ have been treating me and if I have gotten a ‘good’ rest in there.
“By that time I could hardly hold back to not go crazy on them. However, at the end it would only make it worse,” he said.
He said at 4 p.m. he was told that he had to buy a new ticket to Austria, although the night before the officer said he wouldn’t have to pay. He said the officer yelled that either he would buy a ticket or “We will keep you out for five years.”
Neuhauser said he believed that warning, so he did as he was told.
Writing from his home, Neuhauser said his spirit is not broken, but this episode has jeopardized the way that he, his family and his friends view “the American ideology of freedom.”
He said he is worried that this mark on his record, spread to computers worldwide, will be as indelible and as inescapable as the red stamps on his passport that show he was denied entry to the U.S.
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FEDERAL RESPONSE: Mike Milne, the Seattle spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency, said Friday the agency will not talk about specific cases.
He said it was “normal procedure” for people who are denied entry to the U.S. or have their visas “voluntarily withdrawn,” as was the case with Neuhauser, to be taken to a detention facility, placed in inmate clothing and strip-searched.
He also said he had “no indication” that Neuhauser was mistreated or that a complaint had been filed, though Milne was away from his Seattle office and couldn’t say for sure.
I told him that mistreatment is my word to describe what happened to Neuhauser.
He said the government denies entry every day to hundreds of people at points of entry. I’m sure that some of them have no business being in the United States and should be held in jail before being shipped out.
I’m also sure that some of them are honest souls caught in a bureaucratic mess.
That appears to be the case with Neuhauser.
The U.S. government should be able to differentiate between those who pose a threat to the country and those facing paperwork problems. To put all of them in jail and treat them like criminals is evidence of incompetence.
I told Milne that taking Neuhauser away in handcuffs, keeping him up all night in lighted cells, strip-searching him and treating him like a criminal was mistreatment.
The “normal procedure” should be revised. I asked Sens. Stevens and Murkowski if they think it’s right to strip-search and jail people who find themselves in the kind of trouble Neuhauser did. I will let you know how they respond.
The policy creates new enemies for the United States whenever an innocent foreigner trying to enter the country is placed behind bars.
In some cases, those locked up are like the innocent man in Kafka’s “The Trial,” which begins with the words, “Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested.”
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SPOKEN WORD: High school students learning French, German, Japanese and Spanish will test their language skills today in the World Language Declamation Contest. It begins at 9:30 a.m. at Lathrop High School with a potluck at noon. Nancy Wagner, superintendent of schools, is to present the awards at 1:30 p.m.
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If Mr. Neuhauser does not like the rules for entering our Country he does not have to come. It is illegal to enter this country on a tourist visa when you are coming here to work. If you come here illegally I want the INS to treat you as a criminal. As an aside, I cannot beleive that we allow non citizens to attend our tax payors'
(State and Federal) funded institutions. People will say that he paid tuition but that is only a small portion of the bill. Six years is long enough, either become a US citizen or go home.
I did not realize that the Newsminer deleted your name to their posts. I am not anonymous and am not afraid to let people know my opinion. Above post is mine Thanks, Doug Doyle
At least now everybody that reads this story online knows who left behind the above comment, steeped in ignorance.
I am convinced that if a US citizen were similarly detained when entering the EU, it would be an international outrage.
Lets review the facts as presented in the article. Mr. Neuhauser was entering the US with a tourist visa. I really don't care what his intentions were once in the country, the fact is it is perfectly legal to enter the US with a tourist visa. If he had been apprehended for applying for work without a SSN and without a work visa, this would have been illegal.
The way he was treated was by the motto of "guilty until proven innocent". Even if a criminal is selling crack on the streets, the only way that he can be arrested for doing so is if there is proof of his activity. Even if Mr Neuhauser had purposely tried to circumvent the work visa requirement, at the time of arrest he had not in fact done anything illegal.
The notion that only citizens should be allowed to attend State Universities is even more ridiculous! Firstly because the extent of State and Federal Funding of Universities in the the United States is minimal compared to many European countries where the only expense of the citizen attending a University is that of living expenses, books, and suchlike. Secondly your ranting is non-sensical because the exchange of students between countries is purposefully cultivated between specific Universities in these respective countries.
Becoming a citizen is not as simple as going to courtroom, answering some history trivia, and pledging allegiance to the flag. It is a fairly involved process spanning years of paper trails just to obtain the green card (permanent resident alien status), and once that has been achieved there is yet a wait period of 3 or 5 years (depending on whether the person obtained the permanent resident alien status through marriage or not) before the application of citizenship can even be submitted!
Evidently the immigration officers do not agree with you about entering on a tourist visa when your actually coming here to work. I could care less how or why the European countries fund their universities. If they are so great, why did Mr.Neuhauser come here to go to school. Doug Doyle
While the vehemence with which the 'anti-immigrant' mantra is touted is quite charming, had one paid close attention to the story (it had -two- parts) the reader would've perhaps noted that: *** THE U.S. CONSULATE IN VIENNA TOLD THE YOUNG MAN THAT HE SHOULD DO EXACTLY AS HE DID; ENTER TEMPORARILY WITH A VISITORS' VISA, AND THEN APPLY FOR THE WORK VISA WHILE HERE..****
For a part of his six years, this young man volunteered in programs for kids who were learning to ski. For six years he paid to attend university here, whether subsidized or not, and completed his degree, with no notable run-ins with law enforcement of any sort on his record.
During that time he consumed food, bought other essentials, purchased recreational materials, etc., thus contributing to the local economy (which is in questionable shape, at the moment, by the way).
The Founders references to securing borders had vastly more to do with foreign (especially hostile) governments, than with non-criminal individuals entering this once-enlightened place seeking adventures and dreams.
My family's lineage traces back to before the American Revolution; many of them coming from Ireland, and later on, elsewhere, in the earlier 1700s. Some of them fought in that revolution, and secured the government's ackowledgement of basic birth-rights, such as 'freedom of movement,' rights of due process, etc. Even the freedom to go around the world and be protected by treaties signed with other nations if one chooses to, as well.
If the U.S. consulate in Vienna, (a liason representing the United States Government, to persons needing their assistance in that country), told this young man that the process that the young man engaged in was acceptable (and perhaps even done fairly frequently), as was discovered during the unnecessarily-hostile,rude, heavy-handed interrogation by Customs Officer Foy, in his testosterone-laden display at Sea Tac, I should think that a lowly Customs line officer, such as Mr. Foy, -MIGHT- take that into SERIOUS consideration before sending someone to a strip search, a bare metal bunk, and a secure prison facility..
It might even have something to do with an evaluation of job performance or something else equally meaningful and tangible, later on, further down the road. Just maybe.
That, by the way, would be the same Officer Foy who had to consult with a superior officer quite routinely, during what -should- have been some simple questioning, in order to figure out which end was up; looking a bit like evidence of the absence of very much ability to think very clearly or creatively on his own.
Ignorance, coupled with a gun, a badge, and a little bit of serious authority over others' lives, freedom, dreams, etc., has always been a problem. It still is.
The selfishness of someone who would justify the treatment of another human being in this unconscionable way for their own peace of mind is amazing.
Our constitution was written during a debate over whether the guarantee of safety was worth the price of authority. One side of this coin rejected separations of powers and guarantees of natural rights while accepting any abuse by a sovereign as the price of admission to a civilized world. Some of the others went west and founded our country.
It's unfortunate that the incredibility of our citizens rejecting complete authority while guaranteeing each others human rights is lost on many. It's not surprising that those who did not benefit enough from the public education system to understand why our rights are important don't see the wisdom in providing it at all.
I feel safer knowing that representatives of our own government found violation of Mr. Neuhauser's "inherent dignity and...equal and inalienable rights" laughable. It makes me sure that they will protect mine.
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm
I am in NH and a co-worker of Donna's sister, who had passed on this story to us last week. I was so outraged at the injustice of it all and the helplessness I felt for a falsely accused and mistreated person, regardless whether a citizen or not, that I sent off copies of the letter he had written to Oprah, to Obama, Clinton, McCain and to my own senators and representative. I feel as if all of that was an exercise in frustration, as you the journalist may also feel with the lax responses of officials you contacted. Will you be doing any further followup on this shameful situation? Thanks.
Well, it is clear that Doug Doyle has proven he has no reading comprehension skills.
These kind of mixups happen all the time. It just goes to show that we need to try to get more educated people in charge of these kind of positions.
Hopefully, this person will be able to, and still want to, come back to continue with his coaching and contributing to the Fairbanks community.
I am a life long Alaska resident, have a BA from UAA and am working on a second degree. I have know Reini since the day he arrived in Alaska. He has done more for Alaskan community in those 6 years of being here than most have probably done in a lifetime. It is really shows your ignorance when you say he has not contributed and is receiving tax payer funded education. Not only did he pay for the above mentioned items in the community, ALL international students who attend university in the US are still required to pay taxes and the taxes are higher that the average citizens. Do get your facts straight. Reini also assisted in many fundraisers for the UAA Alpine Ski team as well as for UAA. By the way unless we are Native Alaska or America, we were not first people of this nation. We are all immigrants, lets not forgot that.
Reini did not deserve this injustice, nor does anyone who follows procedure time after time. Make no mistake, Reini has touched the lives of many in Alaska and there are many of us who are making noise about this. He IS an Alaska whether a citizen or not.
I know reini as well, and to hear what U.S customs and our law system did to him is absolutly outrageous. I feel like our customs system is a joke. I pay 90 dollars for a passport to "insure" that we keep terrorists out of our country when the idiots at customs are mixing up innocent foreigners like reini who have lived in our country for more then five years LEGALLY with dangerous criminals. Reini is anything but a dangerous terrorist out to screw our country over. And to treat him with such disrepect is a shame on our countrys behalf. I am ashamed that our law system treated him the way they did when he has contributed so much of his time and energy into helping alaska out in recreational activites as well as economical activities. Its no wonder foreigners hate coming back to america, because when they do, we treat them inhumanely and disrepect them.
It is shameful to treat people that way, regardless of who they are. As Alaskans, we should never tolerate this kind of behavior from any entity, whether private, commercial, or government.
To put it more plainly, the times that were described by Kafka were horrid, and these governments were, by American standards, everything that we stand opposed to. The people in charge of these departments are arrogant, disengenuous, incompetent, and downright stupid for allowing and then defending the actions of its officers. They should be put to trial themselves and at least be fired from their positions.
Someone once said that "freedom isn't free". To me that means that when I get on an airplane I expect to assume some hazards for my ability to get on that plane without being frisked, have my personal possesions rifled through, and be treated like a criminal for passing through my own country.
We need to make this madness go away.
Anyone who thinks this can only happen to a non US citizen is sadly mistaken. With the Patriot act, the Real ID act and future "act's", it won't be long before everyone will be "showing papers" to travel within the US. To paraphrase one of the founding fathers, those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. It's appalling to see other Americans applaud this type of Gestapo tactics. I fear for the future of this country.
"There is nothing wrong with a police state as long as you're the State Police"
I know that my comments are not going to be polite but I am so outraged by Mr. Doug Doyle's comments that it is impossible. I think that he should be sent to a detention center and have his butt and brain examined. He obviously cannot get his facts straight and is speaking way over his head. I know Reini as well as many others and he shouldn't have been treated so unjustly. I am sure that Reini isn't the first person either to have something like this happen. He has worked very hard to be where he WAS. Unfortunately it had to all go the way it did and leave a lot of people with a horrible impression of our country. I am not only saying foreigners are getting a bad impression but many Americans like myself. What is our country coming to?
It needs a lot of help right now and people like Doug Doyle aren't helping it to become better.
I have read too many of these types of "incidents." If this is what we have become, then just what is it that we were trying to protect in the first place?
Our constitution was written to protect all and to provide safe guards against unreasonable search and seizure as well as to treat all indiviuals as innocent until proven guilty. Reini was provided neither and it could just as easily have been you or me!
Unless you are a Native American, every one of us came from someone who immigrated. I wonder if Mr.Doyle's ancestor would have felt the same as his (or her's) decendant had they not been allowed to enter the US.
To trample on individual rights in the name of security is not what this country needs to remain strong. The laws exist to protect our country from those who would do us harm or who would otherwise skirt the regulations to allow reasonable access to our great country. In this case (and I am sure many others), they were used to allow an employee of our government to put another "notch" in his belt rather than investigate the circumstances of a simple error.
We must speak up to these and other injustices. This country and especially this state needs more, not less, individuals of Reini's character willing to contribute to our future.
I see what happened here. He was attempting to enter the US on a tourist visa and once here, he was going to try and get a work visa and launder his immigration status. He was stupid enough to tell the truth about his intentions. That is, when you come in on a tourist visa, guess what? The folks at ICE expect you to actually have the intent of coming here to see the sites and go home. Who woulda thunk?
Some reading this may say, "ah c'mon, this guy is a fine, intelligent upstanding, educated young man and he'd make a valuable addition to our country." And I agree, but if we let anyone come in under a tourist visa when they are not actually coming here to see the sites..... that they actually want to slip in under the radar and once here start working.....well then what will happen is that people from any pest-hole (e.g. Mexico, Sudan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc) will come to the US on a tourist visa and once here, promptly apply for a work permit. The thing is that unfortunately US law doesn't distinguish between pest-hole and non-pesthole countries. We used to. But in 1965 we got rid of that policy because is was "gasp" racist! So we have this screwed up situation where US ICE agents are grilling young blonde au apairs named Heidi from Switzerland with the same intensity as with steely-eyed guys named Mohammed from Saudi Arabia. Both come on tourist visas but one is naive enough to tell the truth, the other, unfortunately... not so much.
Lets not forget that the way he entered the country this last trip and all of his trips for that matter were EXACTLY how the US Embassy (US government employees) told him to enter the country!!!! There is a big difference here. He made known EXACTLY what his intentions were. It was the US Seattle agent Officer Foy who told him that it would have worked better for him if he LIED. How is that justice. It has nothing to do with pesthole and non-pesthole nor Heidi or Mohammed, as you say. He has an extensive record that after a few questions and calls would have proven his history to be that of pure intent. Perhaps you should read larrrydaniels comment above and remember that we are ALL entitled in this country to the same processes, citizen or not.
".....well then what will happen is that people from any pest-hole (e.g. Mexico, Sudan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc) will come to the US on a tourist visa and once here, promptly apply for a work permit."
It is a good thing Reini comes from a "good" country and is not from one of those "dirtbag" countries like Mexico, Sudan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. God forbid we let in the wrong people with the wrong skin color, religion, and economic status.
It is people like Thatcher76 who make my blood boil. It is people like you who make this country look like a bunch of fat, spoiled, and intolerant bigots. Thanks for posting, good to know my grandfather fought fascism 60 years ago on another continent only to allow you and your kind the right to keep fascism going in the 21st century. Alive and well here in the U.S.
What really disturbs me is that this system of 'justice' encourages dishonesty. Had Reini not been upfront and honest about his plans NOTHING would have happened. Furthermore, the customs officer in effect tricked him into "voluntarily withdrawing" his tourist visa. Yes, in that instant, he was illegally in the country. Tricking/Pressuring him into this I find unconscionable.
Legally up to that point, the customs agent had nothing on Reini. So Reini's honesty and willingness to comply to the authorities was rewarded with evil. And when it comes down to it, this is precisely what happened. Good on Reini's part was rewarded for evil, and that will in the long run utterly destroy this nation because it undermines every principle of freedom on which it was founded.
When the champion of "freedom" turns into the bully, how can he pursuade anyone that he is in the right?
It shows a complete lack of integrity for the government to treat him or anyone this way. I've already called the customs service to make my complaint. When individual police officers treat someone this way, they show how much they hate Christ.
Lance Roberts
I believe they did exactly right, you have to treat people in such a fashion at times in order to find out if they are terrorist, if it was all cake then they would all get in. And well after 6 years going to school and working here it is TIME TO GO HOME, you need a work visa to work here not ok well I will figure it out when I get there. That doesn't sit well with me that in Austria they sent him through like that. 6 years not paying tax's and getting an education on the backs of our tax money is not cool. If you like it here this much go through channels and be a citizen and pay tax's.
I believe that all visas work or education should be limited and reviewed every year, they should be sent to where ever they came from and have to start again.
After doing some simple research on the internet. I would like to point out a few things about Reinhard Neuhauser. Reinhard stated that he obtained a B1/B2 Visa to come to the United States. Reinhard is a citizen of Austria. Citizens of Austria can travel to the United States under the Visa/Waiver program. Further research will show that people traveling under the Visa/Waiver program cannot adjust status to a work visa or immigrant visa while in the United States. It does however state that a visitor on a B1/B2 can adjust status, but it is not lawful if your intent to come to the United States is to adjust status. A simple "GOOGLE", that visitors are not allowed to come to the United States with the intentionto change immigrant status will show this. A "GOOGLE", of Mr. Reinhard's name will show his resume that he is still employed by an Alaska company on their website and on his personal web page. Is Reinhard "authorized" to be working in the United States as a visitor. Everything that I have read on the B1/B2 visa states "no". Further research on the internet would show that Reinhard was in "fact" in violation of immigration law. He may have been an outstanding citizen, but he was still in violation of immigration laws, therefore should have been treated like everyone else.
Is it just me or does no one else seem to care that this guy was entering the United States with a "tourist" visa, with the sole intention of taking up a job in the US? Do we issue tourist visas to people so they can work? No.
Does no one else seem to care that this foreigner was coming to take a job from a US Citizen? Because if he is working here, then thats 1 less job that a US Citizen will have. I dont care if he went to college for 6 years, & lived here, & bought food, & bought clothes, & "contributed" to our tax system. He didnt work here, he didnt pay federal income taxes, the amount he did pay in taxes towards the school or in purchases was minimal if anything.
Im assuming the only reason he got a tourist visa was so that he could come and adjust his status in the US rather then wait for his visa to be available in Austria, a proceedure that could take months, years maybe. But by coming here and adjusting status, he jumps in front of all of the people overseas that are actually waiting for their visas the right way, where is the voice for them? Where is the person that stands up for them and says hey, we are trying to do this the right way, and this guy is bypassing all of the proper steps, but because he is physically present in the United States he gets preference. I am glad they caught him trying to bypass immigration laws, good for them, they ARE DOING THEIR JOB. They are following the immigration laws that were written and approved by the majority of US Citizens, people like you. If you dont like the laws, then CHANGE THEM, dont attack some officers for doing their job. Sure this guy claims he was yelled at and treated poorly, but does he have a witness? Probably not. So its this guys's word against another, and as far as i can tell, i havent seen the other side of the story.
Everyone keeps using him getting "strip searched" as an example of the abuse he had to endure. Anyone who has been do jail or even seen a documentary about US jails knows that this is routine processing. They have to do this to EVERYONE that gets booked in PERIOD! There is no "well this guy looks nice" or "im sure this guy doesnt have anything" in jail, because if we do that then where do we draw the line on who gets searched and who does not. Everyone gets searched..sorry, deal with it. Its for the safety of the US Officers that work in those jails, so some guy doesnt bring something in that someone else can turn into a weapon and injure the officer or another inmate. Do you think that we should put the lives of the officers at risk just so some guy who tried to circumvent US laws doesnt have to get his feelings hurt by doing a strip search? Where are your priorities? You are more concerned about someone who was breaking a law than people who put their lives at risk every day trying to protect people like you.
ALSO, in response to larrydaniels, before you quote the constitution, know what you are talking about because everyone at the border (including entering from an international flight at a airport) is subject to search, law enforcement doesnt need a warrant to search you at the border, you dont have that right, the only rights this guy had was the right to remain silent, the end. Also, anyone who is not a US citizen has to prove to immigration "beyond a reasonable doubt" that they can come into the US
INA 287(a)(1) authorizes interrogations
INA 287(a)(4) authorizes power to arrest without warrant
INA 287 (c) authorizes search of person and personal effects
The point is that the US GOVERNMENT told him that he could get a tourist visa and do what he was doing. If you had a son or daughter going to Europe that had gotten specific instructions from a European embassy, had followed them, and then got into trouble because they followed them AND told the truth, do you think they should be treated like a common criminal. When a law is unconstitutional like the INA you're quoting, then it isn't a valid law. Just because it's enforced doesn't make it valid.
The Declaration of Independence says "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Libery and the pursuit of Happiness."
This applies to ALL men, not just citizens. Molesting and abusing prisoners (and the imprisoning of innocent men) violates these Rights.
I have never heard so many whiney people in my life. I know the facts of this case, unlike the majority of the babies in hear crying about how someone was "mistreated"? It is a joke the way people are treated in the United States of America (USA), I will agree with that. In USA, apparently we (CBP) treat people so horribly as listed below;
If “your” guilty of a crime we give you options, either voluntarily withdraw your application, which allows you to come back to the USA with whatever documents or proof you need to visit, or expedited removal which can ban from 5-20 years, depending on the circumstances of “your” guilt and if you cooperate.
We force the horrible amenities the USA has to offer, unlike all the other wonderful countries; indoor facilities-no outdoor bad weather conditions, a working sewer system, heating or cooling, and 3 meals a day, not just bread and water, but if you’re a vegan, or kosher they give whatever suits your ”religion” or beliefs. Also, unlike the other wonderful countries, we offer an interpreter that will explain everything to you if you need one.
But it is true, we at CBP do have things we don’t offer; we don’t interrogate using our fists or phonebooks, or whatever you people might see in the movies? We at CBP don’t lie, unlike the people we are “interrogating”.
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We at CBP do however support the Constitution, INA, CFR, USC, and the other 400 + laws in our everyday life. Unlike most of you people who have a bleeding heart for every law breaker, a typical day for CBP involves processing over 1 million people a day; seize tons of narcotics, catch at least one “terrorist”, and all because one person knows someone in the “media” CBP gets a bad rap. How many CBP/Border patrol agents have given their life to save someone that is illegal and/or a criminal? Please! It is embarrassing to me as a US Citizen as well as a CBP Officer to see the actions of some of these people, and their comments listed above. The September 11th hijackers lied about their intent in coming into the USA, so I guess I am to assume that all the above bleeding hearts are going to defend them as well? I didn’t think so!
Does anyone know anyone that has gone to prison or a detention center that has not been stripped searched? I guess anyone that is detained; we should just assume they don’t have any weapons or contraband on them? Everyone that broke a law, should be ok right? Keep all that information in mine, especially when you write to your congressman, or Obama, or Clinton? Lets do some real statisitics; CBP officers will not get hired if they have committed any drug offenses, are deceitful yet you want cry about mistreatment to someone who has admitted to doing crack, arrested for multiple DUI’s, drug use, fraud, and the list goes on. (Congress & Obama).
Nice judge in character Mr. Dermot Cole, Neuhauser and everyone else that has an issue with CBP, we envy you (this is sarcastic).
I would like any one of the people above to do the exact same thing in any other country and tell me how they are treated, and we can compare notes!
Doug Doyle is correct. You can't come to the U.S. on a visitor visa and change to a work visa. The purpose of obtaining a work visa is to protect the jobs in the U.S. and give citizens first shot if someone has the qualifications. Since Neuhauser has been in the U.S. on a student visa for so many years he is probably fully aware of this. Most Universities actually have a special department for foreign students and professors/work professionals to help with their paperwork/visas etc. He's lucky he wasn't caught earlier. Withdrawing allows you to get the appropriate visa without being barred from the U.S. Like most countries you need to know the rules. Classifications for all visa's are on the internet along with the rules. Ignorance is not an excuse. Having been to school for some many years I'm guessing Neuhauser learned how to read.
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