Offering the Middle-digit Salute in Response to Brazil

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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What does your phrase "not otherwise documented" mean? Other than
what? Aren't all international travelers required to possess a
Passport?


No, not all international travelers entering the US are required to possess
a passport.



Are you saying that ALL airline passengers entering the US are
currently being fingerprinted and photographed? If so, this is the
first I've heard of that practice being instituted.


No, I'm not saying that ALL airline passengers entering the US are currently
being fingerprinted and photographed. Many nations are exempt, but Brazil
isn't one of them. There are several requirements to be exempt. The nation
must issue passports that can be scanned by machine, they must also
''demonstrate that adequate safeguards against fraudulent use of their
passports are in place.'' Forged documents are apparently easy to come by
in Brazil.



Your reply implies that you believe that Brazil has "singled out" US
passengers for fingerprinting and photographing. Are you able to
provide a credible citation substantiating that contention?


"Brazil began on Jan. 1 to fingerprint and photograph all American citizens
arriving here in response to Washington's new policy, which went into effect
on Jan. 5. A judge in a remote state said the action was necessary because
U.S. policy was ''xenophobic and worthy of the worst horrors of the Nazis,''
and the Foreign Ministry endorsed his order, arguing that ''reciprocity is a
basic element of foreign relations.''


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