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Bureaucrats at the Border

By immigrationprof

February 10, 2006
Seized With Heavy Hand at Border, for Paperwork Errors
By NINA BERNSTEIN
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The details in these cases vary, as do the technical visa infractions committed by each of the foreigners. But they all testify to a larger issue looming on the front lines of immigration enforcement: how low-level gatekeepers and prosecutors in the customs and immigration system are using their growing discretionary power over travelers who pose no security risk.

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This seems a bit like old news but for the rest of the NY Times story, see http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/nyregion/10immigration.html?ei=5070&en=8f4610d958544af6&ex=1140238800&adxnnl=1&emc=eta1

KJ