And the wall goes up brick by brick......

[jeffreyab]

From the Kingston Whig Standard via boing boing:

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/31/homeland_security_ra.html

Apparently Canadians engaged to Americans, on a business visa and anybody not a Canadian entering from Canada will have to carry an electronic tag if they want to enter the US.

Another reason to not bother dating Americans.

Comments

[pi3832.livejournal.com]

Is it a uniquely American problem to be so very embarrassed by your country on a regular basis?

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

I don't know - I think if you fell in love and got engaged to an American, you might be willing to put up with an RFID tag. I expect it makes it less likely that you'd be turned back as a risk for overstaying - Eric and I never admitted to being more than friends before we got married, for fear of my not being allowed in.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

So your take is its about tracking people who are likely to overstay?

Still the Big Brother aspect makes me wary, an increasing lack of privacy.

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

In terms of which Canadians they're choosing to track, yes, I think it's about risk to overstay.

And yeah, I don't like Big Brother either, but I think you need to weigh the loss of privacy against your lament about your love life before you rule out dating American women.