Interesting Article: I asked the US government for my immigration file and all I got were these stupid photos

[junkmart 320]

Interesting article about what might be in a person's immigration file.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/15/green-card-immigration/

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

Where did this guy get his information????

 

"The reality is, U.S. authorities can reject me — and any other foreign national — from entering the U.S. for almost any reason. As we saw with President Trump’s ban on foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority nations — since ruled unconstitutional — the highly vetted status of holding a green card doesn’t even help much. You have almost no rights and the questioning can be brutally invasive — as I, too, have experienced, along with the stare-downs and silent psychological warfare they use to mentally shake you down."

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Definitely a liberal leaning article..

 

And he, like anyone should know, entry is only guaranteed to US citizens. And yea, the travel ban has been held up so.. where he is getting info from is amazing.

Edited April 16, 2019 by Ben&Zian

[junkmart 320]

Just now, missileman said:

Where did this guy get his information????

 

"The reality is, U.S. authorities can reject me — and any other foreign national — from entering the U.S. for almost any reason. As we saw with President Trump’s ban on foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority nations — since ruled unconstitutional — the highly vetted status of holding a green card doesn’t even help much. You have almost no rights and the questioning can be brutally invasive — as I, too, have experienced, along with the stare-downs and silent psychological warfare they use to mentally shake you down."

Try to read past what you may not agree with. What I found interesting were the photos of the forms used during adjudication. I mean the actual form is posted, so we can't say they are bias.

[junkmart 320]

1 minute ago, Ben&Zian said:

Definitely a liberal leaning article..

It's one guys opinion on his case. Try to read past what you don't agree with. What I found interesting were the forms used during adjudication, unless you think he is faking them.

[junkmart 320]

6 minutes ago, missileman said:

Where did this guy get his information????

 

"The reality is, U.S. authorities can reject me — and any other foreign national — from entering the U.S. for almost any reason. As we saw with President Trump’s ban on foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority nations — since ruled unconstitutional — the highly vetted status of holding a green card doesn’t even help much. You have almost no rights and the questioning can be brutally invasive — as I, too, have experienced, along with the stare-downs and silent psychological warfare they use to mentally shake you down."

What do you disagree with in the part you quoted?

Edited April 16, 2019 by junkmart

[millefleur 5,047]

**Moved from General Immigration-Related Discussion to US Immigration News and Discussion; articles related to immigration are usually discussed here**

[junkmart 320]

1 minute ago, millefleur said:

**Moved from General Immigration-Related Discussion to US Immigration News and Discussion; articles related to immigration are usually discussed here**

I didn't think this was considered "immigration news". It contained photos of forms that USCIS uses during adjudication of AOS that I felt people going through the process might find interesting.

Edited April 16, 2019 by junkmart

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

3 minutes ago, junkmart said:

What do you disagree with in the part you quoted?

SCOTUS upheld the travel ban.......it was not ruled unconstitutional.

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

Agree that there is some interesting info in the article......

[junkmart 320]

1 minute ago, missileman said:

SCOTUS upheld the travel ban.......it was not ruled unconstitutional.

Touche

[millefleur 5,047]

2 minutes ago, junkmart said:

I didn't think this was considered "immigration news". It contained photos of forms that USCIS uses during adjudication of AOS that I felt people going through the process might find interesting.

The General Immigration forum tends to be the boneyard of all things that just don't fit anywhere else. It's sort of the "last resort" forum for threads that basically don't have a home elsewhere on the site. The article was written recently, so it fits better with other recent articles here in the Immigration News forum. Hope that helps!

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

6 minutes ago, junkmart said:

What do you disagree with in the part you quoted?

 

10 minutes ago, junkmart said:

Try to read past what you may not agree with. What I found interesting were the photos of the forms used during adjudication. I mean the actual form is posted, so we can't say they are bias.

The key thing that I am thinking about all of this is that if this person can't get basic and simple facts right then how can trust what he says later on in the article? Also I did read the article and I found that the title is misleading at best and wrong at the very least. He said that he only got photos back from his FOIA request but he in fact got 516 pages of documents back. 

[junkmart 320]

4 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

 

The key thing that I am thinking about all of this is that if this person can't get basic and simple facts right then how can trust what he says later on in the article? Also I did read the article and I found that the title is misleading at best and wrong at the very least. He said that he only got photos back from his FOIA request but he in fact got 516 pages of documents back. 

Upon reading the article it became apparent to me at least that the article's title was an attempt at humor. It was a reference to the photos of himself getting fatter and less stylish in each photo. We all have different senses of humor, or lack it completely. The article is from Techcrunch, afterall. I don't think it was meant to be investigative journalism.

Edited April 16, 2019 by junkmart

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

17 hours ago, junkmart said:

Upon reading the article it became apparent to me at least that the article's title was an attempt at humor. It was a reference to the photos of himself getting fatter and less stylish in each photo. We all have different senses of humor, or lack it completely. The article is from Techcrunch, afterall. I don't think it was meant to be investigative journalism.

I understand what TechCrunch because I have used them before to get some info about some IT equipment. So for them to allow this article to be posted just astonishes me, even more so at that supposed attempt at humor. 

Edited April 17, 2019 by Cyberfx1024