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‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers
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#22The United States has fast become the land where a wall informed individual should never set foot, if he/she values his/her belongings, freedom and life.
I lived in the US for 5 years - I went there as an exchange student when I was 17, finished high school then went to university. One day, just before completing my CS & Math degree, I was arrested, imprisoned and (after 3 months of being bounced around various detention facilities in 3 different states, without any explanation) I was deported for violating my student visa (because I had to work to pay tuition). Have…
Being deported for a visa violation seems like a fair application of the law, although from what I know about you solely based on this post, America's loss is the UK's gain.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I lived in the US for 5 years - I went there as an exchange student when I was 17, finished high school then went to university. One day, just before completing my CS & Math degree, I was arrested, imprisoned and (after 3 months of being bounced around various detention facilities in 3 different states, without any explanation) I was deported for violating my student visa (because I had to work to pay tuition). Have…
You should absolutely go to Syria and report back how much better it is and how much more free you feel there.
Your sarcasm is shallow, but your intelligence is even shallower.
Re: ‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers
#24A young gentleman whose name escapes me had develop an app to fight parking tickets (in NY, SF & the UK), and more recently work on housing assistance (in the UK). His work is often dubbed “robo-lawyer”.
Given the scale, would it make sense to have a similar work done for civil forfeiture?
Re: ‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers
#25The United States has fast become the land where a wall informed individual should never set foot, if he/she values his/her belongings, freedom and life.
I lived in the US for 5 years - I went there as an exchange student when I was 17, finished high school then went to university. One day, just before completing my CS & Math degree, I was arrested, imprisoned and (after 3 months of being bounced around various detention facilities in 3 different states, without any explanation) I was deported for violating my student visa (because I had to work to pay tuition). Have…
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Re: ‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers
#26This is alarming and a massive overstep. However why would anyone ever travel with sums like that on them? I don't get it at all. I know that the US is a society that uses cash a lot more than mine, but carry sums like that seems utterly crazy.
Because you don't want to be at the mercy of a bank? When your money sits in a bank account, anybody who wants to take it, or seize it, simply has to contact the bank with appropriate legal authority, and poof - your money is gone, with no recourse whatsoever. At least when you have the physical cash, they have to deal with you personally.
Of course, as we see here, that's becoming more common.
Re: ‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers
#27The United States has fast become the land where a wall informed individual should never set foot, if he/she values his/her belongings, freedom and life.
I lived in the US for 5 years - I went there as an exchange student when I was 17, finished high school then went to university. One day, just before completing my CS & Math degree, I was arrested, imprisoned and (after 3 months of being bounced around various detention facilities in 3 different states, without any explanation) I was deported for violating my student visa (because I had to work to pay tuition). Have…
Well, if you had done that in Singapore, heck, not even worked, just overstayed your visa, you would have both gone to prison and been caned.
Visa laws for countries can be very, very serious. Violating them can get you in a lot of trouble - certainly not unique to the United States. In comparison to a lot of other countries, the United States isn't even particularly harsh if you overstay your visa - certainly no caning.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I lived in the US for 5 years - I went there as an exchange student when I was 17, finished high school then went to university. One day, just before completing my CS & Math degree, I was arrested, imprisoned and (after 3 months of being bounced around various detention facilities in 3 different states, without any explanation) I was deported for violating my student visa (because I had to work to pay tuition). Have…
Well, if you had done that in Singapore, heck, not even worked, just overstayed your visa, you would have both gone to prison and been caned. Visa laws for countries can be very, very serious. Violating them can get you in a lot of trouble - certainly not unique to the United States. In comparison to a lot of other countries, the United States isn't even particularly harsh if you overstay your visa - certainly no can…
Singapore would have given him a fair trial.
Re: ‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers
#29What you'd expect from the US Government / the world's most powerful protection racket
Re: ‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers
#30This is alarming and a massive overstep. However why would anyone ever travel with sums like that on them? I don't get it at all. I know that the US is a society that uses cash a lot more than mine, but carry sums like that seems utterly crazy.
Because you don't want to be at the mercy of a bank? When your money sits in a bank account, anybody who wants to take it, or seize it, simply has to contact the bank with appropriate legal authority, and poof - your money is gone, with no recourse whatsoever. At least when you have the physical cash, they have to deal with you personally. Of course, as we see here, that's becoming more common.
Maybe banks are less easy to trust where you are. I have concerns about what happens with my records, but no concerns over my money going away. All banks in New Zealand have a pretty good health rating.