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Immigration

Mar. 3, 2006

Immigration Agents Are Law Unto Themselves

Forum Column - Philip Hwang - Imagine traveling abroad for a vacation. When the plane lands at your destination, foreign officials stop you at the airport, berate you and ridicule your country. You are then taken to a local jail, strip-searched and housed with criminals. The next day, you are brought back to the airport in handcuffs and forced against your will to leave the country on the next flight.

Forum Column

Philip Hwang
        
        Imagine traveling abroad for a vacation. When the plane lands at your destination, foreign officials stop you at the airport, berate you and ridicule your country. You are then taken to a local jail, strip-searched and housed with criminals. The next day, you are brought back to the airport in handcuffs and force...

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