Comments on: Polish Community Shocked by Treatment of Polish Citizens at U.S. Border

By: Bart

Bart — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:43:21 +0000

The U.S. has become a country that no one wants come to anymore… The economy is bad and salary is not even high anymore.People come here to shop because it’s so cheap in the states. Americans can’t even afford to come to Europe anymore…

By: Anna Rybak

Anna Rybak — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:46:48 +0000

People from Poland come here only if they have a valid Visa issued by American Embassy in Warsaw. Immigration at the border should honor that visa and not make their own determination whether a person can enter the country. If you do not want a particular person visit US do not issue a visa. I am outraged by the hate and unjustice from the country where human rights are supposed to be respected.

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By: Darius

Darius — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:49:00 +0000

It’s hardly believe that so great country is afraid of older people.
I think that your law giving you right to turn around people if there are any doubts. Problem is that why to spend money for all detention process (transportation, clothes and tickets too) when this people coming here are loaded with money for stay. If not will be easier to organize closed waiting room equipped with bathrooms, chairs or sofas and maybe a buffet and let this people wait for next fly home with dignity. They will buy their ticket (rebooked) with airlines and waiting for few or more hours they will spend some money for food and drinks watching TV. Nobody will be scared to come to USA and nobody will complain that was turn back.
I see some legal problem here. If they can not be admitted, they are still in transit and not under US jurisdiction, until they commit some crime on the airport they should not be detained. Airport is an international area regulated by some convention.
in addition if there is any political reason to treat people like this, government should explain it, if there is no reason, officers should be check for mental health conditions because probably they are abusing their power.

Immigrant

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:11:00 +0000

This is horrendous. I know lots of people who do not want to travel to the US because of this mess. I am a US citizen. But my mum is not. She does not have any visa violations. But if she went through this – she would traumatized. I would never ask her to visit me because the US is an unfriendly place.

By: BrownViews

BrownViews — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:10:50 +0000

Like Marc Seguinot, I’m surprised that folks are surprised. Not to diminish what happened to these folks in any ways as it is indeed horrendous. But this sort of thing happens all the time to Mexican and Latino immigrants, whether legal or not, and as in their haste, ice all too often picks up US citizens and treats them the same. ICE needs to be controlled and taught the importance of humanity, justice and common sense.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:14:56 +0000

“Another terrorists caught…good job!!! They’re doing their job!!! We’re feeling safe now”

***sarcasm off***

By: kevin b.

kevin b. — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:31:21 +0000

ok if these ELDERLY women have nothing to hide then why not use their last names. and all should remember terrorists come in all shapes, sizes and ages. i COMMEND my government for doing their job. THIS IS NO TRAGEDY! MAYBE ONE COULD BEAVERTED IF THIS HAPPENED MORE OFTEN!

By: Marc Seguinot

Marc Seguinot — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:31:09 +0000

Why are we so surprised? And if we are, why aren’t we doing something about it? This happens more frequently than most Americans know. The tragedy here is that this type of treatment may not be limited only to visitors, but is extended to lawful permanent residents. Further, this type of treatment is not limited to stopping people at an airport, and is used everywhere around the country. So, if we believe this is not proper procedure at certain points, well, let’s put up a “red flag,” and demand that the government demonstrate that this procedure is necessary for our safety. We need to do something, of course; for all we know, this type of procedure could inadvertently catch a U.S. citizen in its net. I believe U.S. citizens should be informed; I find that they are least informed when it comes to to the practices of immigration authorities.

By: Huseyin

Huseyin — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:50:52 +0000

i read the article above, i am a turkish-american and i am disgusted the way these polish citizens have been treated by the immigration authorities. i know poland is a pro-us country look at them (the us immigration) they don’t even know how to treat their friends. i wonder when and how the us government people will learn how to treat good their friends. thats why the us has a lot of image problems in many countries in the world. hopefully that would change with mr. obama coming in soon. one thing i want to remind my polish friends that, they are not the only ones has been treated this way, many other country people goes thru this horrible experience.