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Comments on: Holiday in the United States? Not this time http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/holiday_in_the_united_states_not_this_time/ Championing Independent Journalism Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: jennifer rose http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/holiday_in_the_united_states_not_this_time/#comment-759 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:50:51 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3385#comment-759 d had a visa in the past, visited her U.S. citizen son in California several times, returning as promised each time. And then it was time for a new visa. The old lady rode a bus 4.5 hours to the D.F., bringing with her originals and copies of the deed to her house, receipts showing payment of her predial, utility bills in her name, bank statements, proof of her meager Mexican pension, and a letter indicating that she intended to return to Mexico after a one-month visit. The bus fare and visa application were burdensome expenses for the old lady in humble circumstances in the first place. Without a word, the visa clerk denied her application, not even asking to see her documents. She didn’t even receive the courtesy of an explanation. Did the U.S. think she was going to take work away from Estadounidses or something? Or that she was a gun-totin’ terrorist?<br /> <br /> A year later, she hied herself up to Cd. Juarez, deciding to give it one last try. A 24-hour bus trip, a physical exam, and two days later she had her visa. <br /> ]]> Let me tell you about a 80-something old lady in my neighborhood. She’d had a visa in the past, visited her U.S. citizen son in California several times, returning as promised each time. And then it was time for a new visa. The old lady rode a bus 4.5 hours to the D.F., bringing with her originals and copies of the deed to her house, receipts showing payment of her predial, utility bills in her name, bank statements, proof of her meager Mexican pension, and a letter indicating that she intended to return to Mexico after a one-month visit. The bus fare and visa application were burdensome expenses for the old lady in humble circumstances in the first place. Without a word, the visa clerk denied her application, not even asking to see her documents. She didn’t even receive the courtesy of an explanation. Did the U.S. think she was going to take work away from Estadounidses or something? Or that she was a gun-totin’ terrorist?

A year later, she hied herself up to Cd. Juarez, deciding to give it one last try. A 24-hour bus trip, a physical exam, and two days later she had her visa.

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