[Air-l] AoIR conference venues

[Dan L Burk]

While I am certainly not a fan of the current U.S. alien identification
procedures, some of this discussion is becoming a bit hysterical.

Mexican and Canadian travellers are not fingerprinted due to provisions of
NAFTA.  I assure you that if the Department of Homeland Security could
fingerprint Mexican and Canadian travellers without re-negotiating the
treaty, it would.

(For that matter, if DHS could fingerprint domestic travellers without a
popular uprising, it undoubtedly would.  It is quietly working toward that
end, beginning with a "trusted traveller" program to induce "voluntary"
biometric recordation.)

I would also be perfectly happy to see the conference held outside the U.S.
again.  Montreal and Vancouver come to mind.  Budapest is nice, too.

Dan L. Burk
Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor
University of Minnesota Law School
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On 5 Oct 2004, peter jakubowicz wrote:
> I fully concur with Dr. Wu. Why is it that every
> person on the planet (except Canadians and Mexicans
> who are not crooks) has to be fingerprinted by the
> FBI? Is it because Canadians and Mexicans are more
> honest? Or, is it because these two countries border
> the U.S. of A. and are no threat whatsoever? In light
> of this, I think the AoIR conference should be held
> anywhere but the US.
> 
> Peter Jakubowicz
> The Chinese University of Hong Kong
> 
> --- meiwu at umac.mo wrote:
> 
> > The newest policy I've heard of is that except for
> > Canadian
> > and Mexican passport holders, any foreigner with a
> > visiting visa
> > has to be taken finger prints at the US border. I
> > don't know
> > when exactly this policy will be implemented, but
> > I've learned
> > that the Japanese government is complaining.
> > WM
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > jeremy hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu> 
> > Sent by: air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
> > 05/10/2004 11:34 AM
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> > which visa policy is this?
> > On Oct 4, 2004, at 9:31 PM, meiwu at umac.mo wrote:
> > 
> > > I've sided with Philipp. I'd also like to bring to
> > your attention
> > > the new visa entry policy of the US government.
> > It'll make
> > > any conferences held in the US unattractive to
> > international
> > > participants.
> > >
> > > Wu Mei
> > > University of Macau
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