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Theoretically, there are legal protections for people who visit the US.

Theoretically.

But the theory goes out the window if one of the little ICE dictators decides they don't like you. "Rule of Law? What's that? You're a non-citizen on US soil. You don't have no stinking rights." And that's how they play it every day all over the Land of the Free.

The story of the cruise ship full of elderly Brits abused at the hands of ICE in LA was unusual - because it was reported. Apparently elderly people aren't subjected to collective punishment back in the UK. Backward place really. They need to get with the program.

Seriously, how many hundreds of billions - trillions? - of dollars have these federal shit heads cost this country over the last ten years in discouraging travel, discouraging trade, loss of good will. (They were behaving this way long before 9/11 by the way.)

And for what? Greater security?

Bullshit.

The country was raped and pillaged in broad daylight by a handful of banks causing exponentially more economic damage than ten real armies could inflict on the US and no one's even been brought to task, let alone indicted.

But by God, if a handful of cranky elderly people object to the way they're treated by the steroid pumped morons brigade, we're going to hold up everyone on the boat with them - all 2,000 - for seven hours and show thme who's boss.

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Comment by Maria De Wind on June 17, 2011 at 7:14pm: Modern slavery and human trafficking is a world wide scourge from which the US is not exempt; wouldn't it make more sense to stop this rather than harassing tourists?

Enslaved in America: Sex Trafficking in the United States

Russian girls trapped in sex-slave nightmare

Russian Women Trapped into Sex Slavery in the US

The Girl Effect

Femen To speak out against the exploitation of Ukrainian women

Ukrainian Women Protest “Win a Wife” Contest

Sex Slaves in America

Coalition against trafficking of women

... and YES Yes, pretty young American women are particularly at risk when traveling overseas. Sadly, many are still dumb enough to answer ads for "Models Wanted" and the thrill of the possibility of becoming an international model overrides their common sensewhen they discover their "photo shoot" is being held in Dubai or Qatar.

Once gone, their chances of recovery are very slim. Their passports are immediately confiscated, they have no local language skills to communicate with anyone in the country, and the crime network is well organized enough to make sure they never get the chance.

Comment by Burbia on June 17, 2011 at 3:41pm: View more videos at: http://www.nbcnewyork.com.

Comment by Nikki on June 17, 2011 at 2:19pm: Americans think of trafficking as something that only happens overseas. But there are Americans being forced into sex slavery by Americans as well as foreigners being brought here for sexual servitude and/or for forced labor.

Comment by Maria De Wind on June 17, 2011 at 9:04am: The Price of Sex (New York Premiere)

Comment by Maria De Wind on June 16, 2011 at 9:12pm: Thank you Nikki, I had been looking for it without success

Comment by Nikki on June 16, 2011 at 3:11pm: I ask immigrants all the time why they came here. Most say they were misinformed.

In past recessions foreigners would buy up foreclosures and bargain real estate and that would help get the economy over the slump. But now it's no longer a status to own property here and they don't want to buy property or come here any more. Apparently, foreigners know better than the American sheeple that we've become a police state. I was able to find the video.