Who is allowed into the US?
Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Travel Arrangements, Immigration, Hotel, Conventions on Mar 23, 2008
An article in the 24 March 2008 Washington Post grabbed my attention and as I read it, I wondered: who else will be kept out? What might someone have done at any time in his or her life to keep them from entering the country?
If he had been a speaker at your meeting.. or if you had scheduled an author's visit at your meeting while he was in the US .. or if .. well, the "ifs" go on. I wondered if the event space would allow one to cancel, without paying, the event if the guest of honor did not show up because of refusal to be admitted into the country?
And why now? What triggered this that allowed him to enter the US at other times, after heightened security?
As I await the verdict on clearance by TSA for my FlyClear pass, I will keep the ACLU on speed dial.




