Subject: Re: CAUS - Here&#39;s a good one!<br/>
Date: Nov 26, 2002 @ 23:35<br/>
Author: Karolis B. (&quot;Karolis B.&quot; &lt;kbajoraz@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1782324822">Continuing about INS...<br/>
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Daily Lietuvos Rytas<br/>
11/26<br/>
<br/>
Taurage Resident Ousted From USA Feels Humiliated<br/>
<br/>
by Erika Baronaite<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Sigitas Misevicius, 38, a resident of Taurage, accused USA&#39;s INS of <br/>
disrespect towards Lithuania, after being returned form USA to <br/>
Lithuania.<br/>
<br/>
The incident took place last friday in Atlanta airport around 10 pm <br/>
local time. After an hour-long interview Misevicius was told that he <br/>
will not be admitted to US. The officer expalined that he had <br/>
suspicions that the Lithuanian wants to stay to work. <br/>
<br/>
When Misevicius refused to leave the country at his will, the officer <br/>
threatened that he will spend three months in jail, then took the <br/>
Lithuanian&#39;s passport and threw him out of the office through the <br/>
open door. <br/>
<br/>
Stepped On the Document With Foot<br/>
<br/>
According to Misevicius, when his passport fell at other employee&#39;s <br/>
feet, the officer hastened to pick it up and put it on the table.<br/>
<br/>
&quot;However right away he grabbed my driver licence and threw it to the <br/>
trash can, but missed - the document landed on the floor. The officer <br/>
said that I will not need the American driver licence which I had <br/>
been issued a few years ago, since I won&#39;t be admitted to this <br/>
country anyway.<br/>
<br/>
&quot;I asked him to return the document, which is still valid for a few <br/>
years, for keepsake,&quot; - the guy from Taurage said. When the <br/>
Lithuanian bent over to pick up his driver licence, the officer <br/>
stepped on it.<br/>
<br/>
Visa Was Anulled<br/>
<br/>
Finally, Misevicius, who intended to return to Lithuania at the end <br/>
of this December, agreed to leave the country. &quot;There was no other <br/>
choice - go to jail, or go to the plane.&quot;<br/>
<br/>
Misevicius signed a paper, which said that he can apply to the US <br/>
embassy in Lithuania for a new visa. &quot;Other Lithuanians, Ukrainians, <br/>
Tunisians that came with me were deported,&quot; said Misevicius, who <br/>
reached home last Monday.<br/>
<br/>
Misevicius had a ten-year tourist visa. &quot;It seems it&#39;s easier to <br/>
loose the visa than to get it. I know that on arrival with such a <br/>
visa the American have the right to refuse entry to me, but not to <br/>
throw around documents.&quot; US officers escorted passportless Misevicius <br/>
to the plane. His documents were returned in Paris airport, where he <br/>
was met by policemen.</div>