Respected Academic Denied Entry into U.S.By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. Posted July 30, 2008.
Our government finds it necessary to protect Americans from academics who disagree with Bush.
It's not just "security walls" that can keep "aliens" from entering Fortress America.
The State Department has this thing they call "prudential revocation" of a foreigner's visa. Translating the bureaucratese into English, that means the government doesn't have to make a formal finding about why an "alien" is being denied entry. A "prudential revocation" means the governments thinks you might be ineligible for entry.
Case in point: Professor Adam Habib, a leading South African political scientist and Vice Chancellor at the University of Johannesburg, who also happens be a critic of Bush's misled crusade to maintain U.S. hegemony over Middle Eastern energy resources under the guise of ridding the world of "terrorism."
In October 2006, Habib, a Muslim, flew into New York City because he was invited to attend an academic symposium being held by the /fixthefxi.blogspot.com/2007/11/adam-habib-south-africa-and-us.html"> South Africa-based Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI).
The cited reason for revoking Habib's visa is a section of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act that says any 'alien' who has engaged in a terrorist activity, or who is believed to be a terrorist threat, can be denied entry.
The law also says that anyone who represents a foreign terrorist organization, or endorses terrorist views, can also be excluded. But, the convoluted denial did not explain how Habib supposedly violated the Act. ......(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/93361/respected_academic_denied_entry_into_u.s._/
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