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Sep 1, 2005 | 10:06 pm

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DoubleJ

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Originally Posted by david7031

Last winter (Xmas), the traffic director said that Mrs. David could no longer use the US Citizens line, because only the Non-Citizens lines have the cameras and fingerprint readers required for non-US citizens.

As of the end of July, I could see that the US Citizens line at LAX still had the cameras and fingerprint readers. So the rationale for sending non-US citizen family members to the Non-Citizens line may be due to plans to eventually remove the equipment (budget cuts?) now used to process non-US citizens, from the US Citizens line?

Might as well keep the equipment where it is as isn't it only a matter of time before Immigration starts taking photos and fingerprints of US citizens as well?

This is getting to be almost as farcical as the time I inquired of Immigration here in Japan as to why dual citizenship (for adults) was not allowed. The official's answer: "If the US and Japan went to war, then there would be a problem as to whose side the dual national would have to fight on."

BTW, thanks for the input, david7031. :-:

Last edited by DoubleJ; Sep 1, 2005 at 10:08 pm

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