My coworker, a Chinese national, who is a graduate student/lab assistant here in the SF/Bay Area went back to China and Hong Kong to spend some time with his fiancee and plan their wedding.
Upon trying to re-enter the US, he was turned around and informed that they wanted to do a full background check that would take 1 month at least. He's been in the US on a student visa (he IS a student in good standing). He would have been getting his Ph.D. in a few months and wanted to stay in the US and work in pharmaceuticals/biotech--areas where US companies can't get enough talented "natives"
So...while hundreds or thousands of illegals will swarm across the border today, tomorrow and next week, this guy sits in China waiting for his clearance to come back to the US.
Oh, btw...he's paid off of a US government research grant...
Brilliant!
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