Woman held in shackles at JFK for overstaying visa

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My BS-ometer is going off. Shackles? Seriously for a simple visa violation? I get the feeling that it's somewhat embelished, although if she was busted for overstaying her visa a number of years ago, then she isn't eligible for the Visa Waiver Program, and thus should have reapplied at the US Embassy for a visa. She didn't and rolled the dice and took her chances.

What's more disturbing is the fact that the reporters didn't try to contact DHS to get specifics on this and see if there's a discrepancy (which there probably would be).

Translation of the blog post: http://eggmann.blog.is/blog/eggmann/entry/389611/

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