[QUOTE=Taker Park;12773758]
Originally Posted by
doc2b1030
...and toys that are electronic and have been unscrewed [seroiusly, do you really think my son's fisherprice toy phone is a threat? or is filled with some illicit substance I havent even heard of??]QUOTE]
It does sound ridiculous, I realize, and as a result I'm tempering my comment. Children's toys are a great place to hide things.
I hear you.... so are dirty underwear. contact lens cases too apparently. books, cell phones, I mean it is seroiusly endless each time. The one that angered me the most, was the sealed baby formula containers which they confiscated for "security easons" leaving us with a starving infant until we got home - 2 hours later. that is borderline torture for a 4 month old. We are american citizens and this kind of treatment is cruel and very, very unsual. like I said before, the guy doesnt have as much of a speeding ticket on his "record."
we dont hold any foregin passports. Just US citizens.
yes, DH's last name is somewhat arabic sounding even though his grandpa comes from Eastern Europe (the name was shortened when they passed thru ellis island some time ago, not by choice, and it stuck). First name is as typical as you can get- think John, Joseph, Michael, Robert, etc.
I will try the port director at JFK. Problem is, Its not one country we are returning from, and its not one port. We have retuned via: DEN, LAX, MIA, JFK, EWR and IAD. Im also going to try our senators, I feel like the secretary of homeland security is too above our heads, and the letter will get thrown out or put in some garbage pile, but a senator-well they deal with this kindof garbage.
Look. I get if you are flagged one time (for carrying a PERFECTLY LEGAL amount ofmoney across the border) randomly, theyll check you the next time, or couple of times you enter the country. Fine. logical. I can deal. But this was 3 years ago. He has left the country ~50 times since then, that is why this is so absurd. He knows to add 1-3 hours to each trip because of this. fine if you are travelig alone and it just means scheduling extra time. not fine when it means a starving baby who is not fully immunized in a windowless room with a bunch of immigrants for 1-3 hours, and suitcases filled with your family's clothing. we trave with him, we have to suffer too. thats the problem now.
