Friday, September 11, 2009

In the USA with salvia

One thing Americans don't suffer and I don't think they even have idea about is the Border Patrol's behavior when dealing with immigrants, legal and illegal ones.

I won't talk in general, but what happened to my person.

Last time, before trying to cross the international line as part of my job with salvia extracts, I had to go to the border office for a I-94 permit, a person that looked Asian interviewed me, but he barely talked Spanish. He asked for a proof of address, but I didn't understand him, I finally understood, and I gave it to him, the issue was that every time he tried to explain, he got meaner and louder, after I gave him the proof of address, he was asking for my destination, exactly the same result, I didn't understand at first, and he got angrier, and on and on, I barely got my form without a good explanation, I just couldn't understand his bad Spanish.

After that, I was traveling to Long Beach, we were stopped for a Border Patrol's revision before leaving San Diego, and the officer, with a unusual behavior, he started asking everybody for our ID's. A passenger showed him his birth certificate proving the he was born in the US, but the officer asked why he couldn't speak English (of course in English), 2 or 3 times with a loud voice, after a long discussion he finally let him go with us. Finally the agent stomp over the Van's side as showing his anger because he didn't catch or scared anyone.

I'd like to know your opinion about this, but I think that's not the way of treating people, specifically the ones who care about laws in America and obey them by getting our Visa and necessary permits to enter to this great country. On this sense, I wouldn't like to know how illegal aliens are treated, but that's another story.

Wish you a good day.