[lbo-talk] Now Germans are the Gastarbeiters

Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at gmail.com
Wed May 4 15:31:45 PDT 2005


---- Original Message ---- From: Doug Henwood To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Now Germans are the Gastarbeiters


> Chris Doss wrote:
>
>> Mine usually involve my visa application being denied.
>
> A friend of mine - a naturalized US citizen - is married to a woman
> from Uzbekistan. If she returns to Uzbekistan, she's likely to be
> boiled alive, or shot, or something like that, because she's a
> journalist who's written critically about the regime. But the INS is
> telling her she's got to go back there for two years before she can
> re-apply to come here. Appeals are underway, but it's really messy.
>
> Doug
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My room mate, a 47 year old white man, came to the U.S. as a child when his father, an anti-apartheid lawyer, had to leave South Africa... rapidly.

Last year, my roomie got busted for DWH (driving while hippie) on the NJ Turnpike while visiting family. Nothing became of the possession charge.. a fine, and stay out of NJ for a year(easy), but he's expecting weird INS hassles to result. I keep telling him (cynically) "...don't worry you're a middle aged white male, you aren't going anywhere.", but sometimes I'm not so sure.

Leigh



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