Is it the Soviet Union yet? I know Phil just blogged this article last week, but I just now found the time to read the whole thing, and it's utterly chilling. ICE (Immigration Control, for those of you who aren't up on the latest bureaucracy stats) just imprisoned a guy from Georgia (well, he was born in Minnesota) because they thought he was a Soviet. They were going to deport him to, um, the Soviet Union -- I hope their time machine is in good working order -- but at the last moment his family managed to force them to acknowledge his birth certificate.
ICE maintains they did nothing wrong -- in fact, they maintain that they never make mistakes. "The burden of proof is on the individual to show they're legally entitled to be in the United States," said ICE spokeswoman Kice.
Yeah. That means, in case you aren't as paranoid as I am, that if they take you, it's your responsibility to get them a copy of your birth certificate, from a prison in another state. Do you think you can do that? Are you sure? Because once you're accused of immigration violations, you no longer have the privilege of a speedy, fair trial, unless you can prove you're a citizen.
Feeling safe yet?
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