US to Fingerprint all UK Visitors

[Pert_UK]

Welcome to America, where guests are made to feel like criminals...

"All British travellers arriving in the United States will be fingerprinted and digitally photographed from Thursday.
Until now, the procedure applied only to visa holders but Homeland Security decided to expand the programme.

The information will be checked against databases to verify travellers' papers and flag up names on terrorist or law enforcement watch lists. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3699276.stm

And I thought that US Immigration officials couldn't get any less welcoming....

P.

[saigon68]

1. Welcome to the Gulag brought to you by Heinrich Ashcrap

Nazi Thugs, Hoodlums and Secret Police

Man do I feel safe.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Ok folks it is now official

get them freedom muffins!

Brought to you by John Ashcroft

You think it cuold have a tad to do with ... the brits pulling out of the coalition of the bribed?


NAAAHHHH

[politicat]

3. Sorry.... We didn't authorize this.... we didn't vote for him.

I wouldn't blame you if you just slammed the doors on us... even though that would hurt a lot of us who would like to study in the UK....

Please accept my apologies on behalf of my formerly partially intelligent and somewhat effective Immigration and Naturalization Service. Putting INS under Homeland Security may turn out to be one of our biggest mistakes.

Pcat

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Is this what shrub calls swatting at flies as we have 3 million

illegals coming across our border each year? Kinda makes the U.K. issue pale by comparison. Then there is the shipping container issue... but don't let that worry you... shrub is a decisive leader who is keeping us "safe" from terrah..

[Kellanved]

5. More than just the "British", all Visa-Waiver countries

I.e. travellers from most of the European Union, Japan, and so on will be fingerprinted. I'll check out the new regulations next saturday...

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=869400