Showing posts with label immigration agents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label immigration agents. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Government in Action

I don't know how I missed this tragically funny story about American immigration agents spreading the love, Homeland Security-style:

http://www.startribune.com/local/11592171.html

Erkki Maattanen, a filmmaker for Finnish Public Television who accompanied the musicians on the September trip, said his questioners seemed to think the entourage was smuggling drugs or intending to work without a permit. "I kept trying to tell them why we were here, but they'd just yell, 'Shut up!"' he said.

Ladies and gentlemen, your taxpayer dollars are hard at work.

Hat tip to http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/