Darky
September 13th, 2010, 12:58
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/09/13/2010-09-13_british_teen_luke_angel_banned_from_united_stat es_for_life_for_offensive_email_t.html
Drunk-dialing can get you in trouble with your girlfriend.
Drunk e-mailing the President of the United States, however, can get you banned from the country - permanently.
That's what apparently happened to Luke Angel, a British teen who sent a curse-laden message to the White House directed at President Obama.
"The individual had sent an email to the White House which was full of abusive and threatening language," a police spokesperson told the British newspaper, Bedfordshire (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bedfordshire) On Sunday.
Officers visited Angel at his home in Silsoe, a town in Bedfordshire, England, during which time the teen admitted to sending the e-mail, although he couldn't remember what he wrote.
"I don't remember exactly what I wrote as I was drunk," he told The Sun. "But I think I called Barack Obama a pr---. It was silly - the sort of thing you do when you're a teenager and have had a few."
His e-mail, however, was brought to the attention of government officials who didn't find it quite so funny.
"The police who came ‘round took my picture and told me I was banned from America forever," the 17-year-old said.
But the young man was apparently not upset over his being shunned by a country.
"I don't really care," he said, but "my parents aren't very happy about it."
The U.S. Customs & Border Protection agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/U.S.+Department+of+Homeland+Security) and is in charge of enforcing immigration law, said it "would not discuss" specific cases. A spokeswoman, however, did tell the Daily News that "there are a variety of reasons why a person could be banned from entering the United States."
She noted that, through the Immigration and Naturalization Act (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Naturalization+Act), there are more than 60 reasons a person could be denied entry. Among them are health concerns, immigration violations, as well as security concerns.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/09/13/2010-09-13_british_teen_luke_angel_banned_from_united_stat es_for_life_for_offensive_email_t.html#ixzz0zRR8Nt dX
Drunk-dialing can get you in trouble with your girlfriend.
Drunk e-mailing the President of the United States, however, can get you banned from the country - permanently.
That's what apparently happened to Luke Angel, a British teen who sent a curse-laden message to the White House directed at President Obama.
"The individual had sent an email to the White House which was full of abusive and threatening language," a police spokesperson told the British newspaper, Bedfordshire (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bedfordshire) On Sunday.
Officers visited Angel at his home in Silsoe, a town in Bedfordshire, England, during which time the teen admitted to sending the e-mail, although he couldn't remember what he wrote.
"I don't remember exactly what I wrote as I was drunk," he told The Sun. "But I think I called Barack Obama a pr---. It was silly - the sort of thing you do when you're a teenager and have had a few."
His e-mail, however, was brought to the attention of government officials who didn't find it quite so funny.
"The police who came ‘round took my picture and told me I was banned from America forever," the 17-year-old said.
But the young man was apparently not upset over his being shunned by a country.
"I don't really care," he said, but "my parents aren't very happy about it."
The U.S. Customs & Border Protection agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/U.S.+Department+of+Homeland+Security) and is in charge of enforcing immigration law, said it "would not discuss" specific cases. A spokeswoman, however, did tell the Daily News that "there are a variety of reasons why a person could be banned from entering the United States."
She noted that, through the Immigration and Naturalization Act (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Naturalization+Act), there are more than 60 reasons a person could be denied entry. Among them are health concerns, immigration violations, as well as security concerns.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/09/13/2010-09-13_british_teen_luke_angel_banned_from_united_stat es_for_life_for_offensive_email_t.html#ixzz0zRR8Nt dX