December 19, 2002

i'm a card carrying member now

danny o'brien posted an entry on his blog detailling his efforts to become a permanent resident in the states. after finishing it he's convinced me to join the aclu

But most of all, right now, I'm lucky because I'm not from an Arab country. Because the simple form-filling errors that I've made in the past - me, English-speaking, college-educated, was-studying-to-be-a-lawyer-at-school - would have got me handcuffed, arrested and thrown in jail this week.
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Anyway, I'm buying myself a Christmas present. I'm joining the ACLU. It only costs $20, which is certainly less than the $600 or so my immigration application costs. There's only one form to fill in - and I can do it online. And nobody is going to round me up and throw me in jail because I decided to come forward and hand in this paperwork. Or at least, that's the general idea.
Posted by drewish at December 19, 2002 09:50 PM

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