I don't know if it applies to all crimes, but I think it does. US INS and/or Customs can also issue a 5-year entry ban on the spot, without appeal.

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From: Karolis B

To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 4:36 PM

Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: CAUS - Quebec-Vermont Gas

Wait, so people with criminal record are banned from entering the US? Are there any exceptions to this? I mean at least to me it makes no sense that someone who broke a window in high school should be banned from entering US or any country. And how can they check this for citizens of countries with visa waiver? Well, Canada - yeah. But if someone from...oh... Slovenia or Brunei comes in, it's pretty much impossible for the ins to check their criminal record. And talking about visa waiver, how does Brunei, Slovenia, and Uruguay tie in with the other, highly developed, mainly western european countries, while not including even a EU memebr Greece, but including Slovenia - non EU, central european, while leaving out the rest of central europe. or how is Urugvay better than other south american countries? and who the heck is Brunei??
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