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Greyhound to Screen for Illegal Immigrants
AP ^
| 9/22/5
| ELLIOT SPAGAT
Posted on 09/22/2005 12:29:49 PM PDT by SmithL
SAN DIEGO -- Greyhound Lines Inc., the nation's largest intercity bus company, has threatened to fire employees who sell bus tickets to illegal immigrants under an internal policy that some Hispanic advocacy groups are calling an invitation to racial profiling.
The "Transportation of Illegal Aliens" policy warns Greyhound's customer service employees to beware of people in large groups, moving in single file and traveling with little or no luggage. It says other telltale signs include people "trying to hide or stay out of plain view" or large groups led by a "guide" who holds everyone's tickets.
Greyhound also says immigrant smugglers give themselves away by calling bus stations to ask if immigration authorities are present, and by loitering, repeatedly buying large numbers of tickets for other people and using phrases like, "These guys just crossed the line,""my cargo," and "I've got to move my people."
The policy warns that failure to comply could result in the employee's firing and possibly arrest.
Kimberly Plaskett, a Greyhound spokeswoman, said she didn't know how many customers have been denied tickets under the policy but called it a "pretty rare" occurrence. The Dallas-based company adopted the policy in 2002 in response to the criminal indictment of a now-defunct, California bus company that pleaded guilty to immigrant smuggling, she said.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; bordersecurity; buses; greyhound; greyhoundbus; illegalaiens; illegalaliens; immigrantlist; invasionusa; leavethedrivingtous; openborders
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Uh-oh! Bus-ted.
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:29:54 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
"immigrant smugglers give themselves away by calling bus stations to ask if immigration authorities are present"
Doesn't everybody?
2
posted on
09/22/2005 12:31:39 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: SmithL
some Hispanic advocacy groups are calling an invitation to racial profiling. Not Hispanic advocacy groups but illeagal alien accessories before and after the fact criminal groups.
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:33:23 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: SmithL
What business is it of Greyhound if someone is illegal or not?.........
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:33:50 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Don't ever forget, Jimmy Carter can run for president AGAIN!.......)
To: cripplecreek
>"immigrant smugglers give themselves away by calling bus >stations to ask if immigration authorities are present" Doesn't everybody?
We have immigration authorities???!!!!!
Wow, who knew ....
Cool, I wonder if we can use them someday.
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:35:41 PM PDT
by
Stu Cohen
(Press '1' for English)
To: Red Badger
What business is it of Greyhound if someone is illegal or not?......... The same business as an airlines I would think.
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:36:23 PM PDT
by
Stu Cohen
(Press '1' for English)
To: SmithL
To: Red Badger
How many illegal aliens (what part of "illegal" don't you understand) are on your payroll?
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:37:38 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Stu Cohen
Not exactly the same level of security.......Die Papiere, bitte......
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:37:38 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Don't ever forget, Jimmy Carter can run for president AGAIN!.......)
To: SmithL; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; Dashing Dasher; najida; ...
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:38:21 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: ArrogantBustard
The same number of "illegals" I saw looting in Nawrlins......
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:38:46 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Don't ever forget, Jimmy Carter can run for president AGAIN!.......)
To: Red Badger
What business is it of Greyhound if someone is illegal or not?......... From the article...
"in response to the criminal indictment of a now-defunct, California bus company that pleaded guilty to immigrant smuggling"
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:38:46 PM PDT
by
LowOiL
("I am neither . I am a Christocrat" -Benjamin Rush)
To: Red Badger
What business is it of Greyhound if someone is illegal or not?What a silly question. People invading our country is EVERYONE's business.
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:39:49 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(There are a lot of people that hate Bush more than they hate terrorists)
To: LowOiL
California bus company that pleaded guilty IOW, They were in on it............
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:40:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Don't ever forget, Jimmy Carter can run for president AGAIN!.......)
To: Red Badger
What business is it of Greyhound if someone is illegal or not?.........
Maybe they'd rather not be complicit in helping people break the law. Maybe they don't want people who are technically wanted by the law on their buses. Maybe it's a preemptive strike to discourage federal action that might address the problem. What business is it of theirs? I'm astounded that you asked that question.
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:40:58 PM PDT
by
andyk
(Go Matt Kenseth!)
To: SmithL
Bad news for Canadians here illegally.
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:41:46 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(The political battles of our day are battles over morality, between the haves and the have nots.)
To: SmithL
I don't worry about Latinos. They want to cut my grass, not my throat. They want to hang my sheetrock, not my family. They want to earn money to help build things up, not tear them down............
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:41:54 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Don't ever forget, Jimmy Carter can run for president AGAIN!.......)
To: Red Badger
If you weren't
in Naw'lins, what you "saw" is largely irrelevant. Why the quotes around illegals? You think people whose very presence within our borders is a federal felony should get a pass?
Do ask. Do tell. Do expel.
Viva la migra!
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:41:56 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Gotta Love Greyhound!!OK, I love them, just as long as I don't have to ride them.
; )
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:42:18 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(There are a lot of people that hate Bush more than they hate terrorists)
To: andyk
It's none of their business nor mine...........
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posted on
09/22/2005 12:42:44 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Don't ever forget, Jimmy Carter can run for president AGAIN!.......)
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