>>Just found out about a friend of mine being deported from the USA.
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>>Interesting account of it here
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>>http://www.aboodishabi.com/
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>>Aboodi is also blessed (or not) with a birthday of Sept 11th.
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>From his account he sounds like a nice fellow. Do you know what "papers not in order": means ( i.e. travelling on a Yemeni passport without a US visa or something like that) Were they accusing him of anything else? Why did his friends tell him he was going to have trouble.
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>In any case, it is good that he encountered some of the more human side of the immigration service. Obviously, like in any country it is a very mixed bag.
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>( technical, he wasn't 'deported' he was refused entry )

Not sure what the problem was. I would of thought he would be travelling on a UK passport.

May have been a working in the US issue. (he's a life coach and was attending (or not) a conference)

I think its difficult for him with his ethnic background.