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Originally Posted by Quzor
Now THIS is interesting... Chicago's Loss: Is Passport Control to Blame?
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You know, I seem to remember hearing something one time...something about "Bring me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free." Hmm...must have just been a dream... |
I've seen that mentioned several different times by different news articles and quotes from different sources. I'd say "no duh, eh?" to it.
We're losing conferences, meetings, seminars, and many professional gatherings to other countries that we
used to host because participants have simply had it with the *security theatre* of US borders. This includes the arenas of science, engineering, and information technologies amongst other areas.
It costs tourism and domestic American business billions of dollars with no actual return in greater security.
The Olympics would be just another example.