Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:35:17 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: don morrison <dmorrisn@u.washington.edu> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, lcremean@tidalwave.net, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617121858.18146A-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980617091513.0081b100@dmorrisn.deskmail.washington.edu>
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<geographical background info>
Off the southern tip of Florida lie a string of islands, known as
the Florida Keys, with one road approximately 150 miles long that
terminates in Key West. Key West is the southern most point in
the continental US and 90 miles from Cuba. Tourism is the
primary industry in the Keys.
</geographical background info>
One holiday weekend in the early 1980's Immigration set up what
they called a checkpoint (in actuality a roadblock) at the two
points where the road connects to the mainland. Everyone was
required to present identification to pass. Rumor had it that
two of the individuals caught in the 5+ hour delay that was
created were the wife and son of the areas congress critter. Two
days latter the head of the INS office in Miami was replaced.
The stunt was never repeated.
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