Friday, September 11, 2009

Traveling with salvia

One thing Americans don't suffer and I don't think they even have idea about is the Border Patrol's behavior when dealing with immigrants, legal and illegal ones.

 I'm not generalizing, just my own experience.

Last time, when trying to cross the international line to make business with salvia extract, I had to go to the border office to ask for a form I-94, a person that looked Asian interviewed me, and I think he didn't know enough Spanish. I couldn't understand what he was asking for, it was a proof of address, I finally understood, and I handed it to him, the issue was that every time he asked for the same thing, he got meaner and louder, after showing my proof of address, he was asking for my destination, same thing than before, I didn't understand at first, he turned more and more mean, he almost didn't give me my permission because no good reason, I just couldn't understand his bad Spanish.

Later the same day, I was traveling to Long Beach, we were stopped for a Border Patrol's revision before leaving San Diego, and the officer, with a unusual behavior, he asked for our permissions. A passenger had his ID proving the he is an American citizen, but the officer asked why he couldn't speak English (of course in English), loudly and several times, after a long discussion he finally let him continue the trip with us. Finally the agent stomp over the Van's side proving his discontent because he didn't catch or scared anyone.

I'd like to know your opinion about this, but I think that's not the way of treating people, specifically the ones who really care about laws in America and obey them by getting our Visa and necessary permits to enter to this great country. On this sense, I wouldn't like to know how illegal aliens are treated, but I'll talk about that later.

Wish you great life.