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On my departing from Facebook...

Mar 08, 2010 23:55

Several weeks ago, I abruptly departed from Facebook. I didn't have a single reason for leaving, rather I had a whole bunch of half-reasons. I'll get into them shortly.

First, I want to mention that it has been painful to do without the daily interaction with all of my friends. I truly love you. You make my life better and I hope that I had a ( Read more... )

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aleeka March 11 2010, 09:07:27 UTC

It is horrible. One of my classmates from Italy had her finace denied entry to the US based on his FB and messages he wrote saying he was coming to the US to get married. Apparently he was turned away AT the border based upon these messages. They didn't feel he was coming here for "sincere reasons".

xsg March 11 2010, 14:56:00 UTC

Wow. That sure seems pretty arbitrary and capricious! It makes me wonder... how to the customs and immigration officer discover the FB account? And were the FB statuses regarding the marriage public?

aleeka March 11 2010, 20:44:45 UTC

When you're coming into the US as a non-US national your name is searched. Apparently they have a backdoor into places like FB, Myspace, etc they can read messages, they let him know as much. They determined that he was coming here to get married for the purpose of a green card only (my classmate has citizenship), so they turned him away AT the border. They could have at least turned him away before he got on a plane, sheesh. Word to the wise, use a fake name and fake email address on FB if you're foreign! At least make it harder for immigration to search your name.

xsg March 11 2010, 22:59:54 UTC

Hrmmm. That sounds awfully fishy, though. Are you sure your friend didn't just make up a tale to cover for some other reason?

aleeka March 12 2010, 20:46:46 UTC

I don't have any reason to disbelieve what she's said. Her finace is still in Italy and she goes to see him on breaks. He can't come to the US for I believe 5 years (not even as a tourist). She's going to graduate and just move to Italy.

One of the BIG reasons Chicago didn't get the Olympic bid was that it is much harder to get into the US in the last few years than any years previously. People being turned away at the border is a reality.

I have an other friend who's been working for TWO years to get her finacee into the US so they can marry, applying for the 'bring your fiancee to the US visa'. He's from Nigeria.

Borders. Such silliness.

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