Close encounters with US immigration: A contrast
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The attitude of the highway patrolmen
- The expressive aim
- The secondary aim of persuasion
- The experience of the border dealing with US immigration
- Conclusion
Abstract
In " close encounters with US immigration," Adnan R. Khan recounts his experience of being profiled for his skin color and ethnically distinct name when attempting to regain entry back into the USA. After having his car searched, notebook confiscated, questioned by the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and being made to feel like a criminal that needs to prove his innocence, Khan asks if this was really in the interest of protecting Americans. He concludes with austere contrast of crossing the Canadian border, which took only two questions in a few minutes. So the author's central idea behind this essay can be expressed best when he says, "When it was all over, I couldn't help but laugh as I drove back over the bridge, picturing my personal profile wasting kilobytes in an FBI database. I'd been grilled by three levels of American security and for what? Had America's national interest really been served?"(466).
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