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Originally Posted by Turbografx
What if our immigration problem was with Ireland, like in the 19th century. To crack down on this I'll just detain people who I "reasonably suspect" of being illegal Irish immigrants (all whites, red-heads, drunks, people who talk funny)
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While i see where you are coming from, i offer two valid counter points
1. As far as im aware nobody was detained. you simply have to spend 10 seconds showing a valid proof of citizenship (which as a flight school owner i have to verify everyone's proof if citizenship all the time... so its not any big deal)
2. You say "what if our immigration problem was with ireland"
to that i simply say this...
lets say you are standing in a corner shop one day, and a cop walks in and asks you to put your hands on the counter. He pats you down, checks your ID, radios it in to HQ and in the mean time you dont have any idea what the heck is going on. After about a 10 minute process the cop says
"sorry about that sir, we are trying to aprehend a dangerous suspect in the area, and you match the discription we were given, have a nice day."
ok cool... no big deal IMHO
same difference with the illegal immigrant document check.
if you ask me the United States has become far too sensitive with this whole "profiling" nonsense.