Ian...Wow!! What a lot of response for my message (#15). I stand by my words in this thread. My most 'inflamatory' statement is "Locking people up who have come in voluntarily to clear up fucking paperwork is only possible in a totally fucked up, repressive, unworthy police state."

You appear to disagree with that statement. I stand by it. And I'll go further to assert that those who would defend institutions that perpetuate such basic violations of freedom in the name of 'protecting' freedom have lost site of what our country means.

But...like Sakusha and Cowboy_X, I excuse this and accept it as coming from a position of fear.