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February 28, 2008

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All this seems like an honest mistake. Am I right that Pedro Guzman never claimed he is a US citizen while in ICE custody? If so, it is not clear what ICE could have done differently. There is no database of names of US citizens (and some people of this blog are strongly opposed to the creation of such database), so what is the cost effective way of checking that a person is a US Citizen if he is unable to recall his date/place of birth due to menthal illness?


Let me assure you that this has not happened in Singapore ever despite accusations of it being a dictatorial government and being shoddy with human rights. Never! However, it has happened in democracies such as Australia. In 2001 a citizen of Filipina origin was deported although she was married to an Australian (perhaps she was married to a white Australian which some racist elements in the Aussie immigration could not tolerate?..there are plenty of racist elements in the Aussie immigration service, believe me) and then there was a case of an Aussie citizen of German origin deported earlier or soon after that...Here are the limks...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Out-of-sight-out-of-mind/2005/05/13/1115843371757.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Solon

http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=12177

http://www.countercurrents.org/racism-polya150505.htm

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