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ilamont on March 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: $100 to Fly Through the Airport

"Background checks" are a major drag on the U.S. economy. I'm not only talking the TSA mess at airports. Legal immigrants typically are held up years as various agencies probe and prod and check to make sure they are not an Al-Qaeda sleeper cell or some other baddie.

cheatercheater on March 16, 2012 [–]

Can you give an example of being "held up years"? I can't imagine such a thing, but I'm not US-American.

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