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Update: Brazil to Strengthen Fingerprint Policy to protect itself from Violent American tourists
The Brazilian government will issue an executive order strengthening a new policy of fingerprinting all U.S. visitors in response to anti-terror measures enforced by the United States, news reports said. I have one finger that I would like you to print. The new Brazilian measures have delayed U.S. travelers in airports for up to nine hours since Jan. 1. A judge ordered them after the United States announced it would begin fingerprinting travelers arriving from other countries, including Brazil. Brazil must be a hard sell for travel agents right now. Maybe they could have waited to crack down in their off-season. Itâs for the better; Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuala are not friendly places for Americans right now. U.S. Customs, using digital technology, on Monday began photographing and taking fingerprints of arriving foreigners. The only exceptions are visitors from 27 countries — mostly European nations — whose citizens are allowed into the United States for up to 90 days without visas. Hopefully, that will change before jihadis holding French passports blow us up. In the interim, I suggest we check all European luggage for the presence of a Speedo butt-floss style bathing suit. Brazil denies it is retaliating for the U.S. policy, but Judge Julier da Silvaâs order to begin fingerprinting contained tough rhetoric, calling the U.S. program "absolutely brutal, threatening to human rights, violating human dignity, xenophobic and worthy of the worst horrors committed by the Nazis." An obvious graduate of a North Korean correspondence course. Foreign Minister Celso Amorim on Saturday acknowledged that the United States is concerned about boosting security, but said it should not infringe on the rights of law-abiding travelers. "We are working for an integration of the Americas. It is natural then that there be no difficulties (for people)," Amorim said on TV Globo upon the end of a meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and cabinet colleagues in Brasilia. U.S. diplomats were not available for comment. Give them Richard Boltonâs number. Donât let them call Colin Powell as aerobic stiches might pop some of his stitches. Posted by: Super Hose 2004-01-11 |
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