Homeland Security woos Arab tourists with fingerprint demo

If this is the way they are going to be treated, then really, tourists (particularly Arab tourists) should not visit the U.S.

Promoters from 64 countries vied last week to lure big-spending Arab tourists to their countries at the Middle East's largest tourism convention.

But not a single promoter from the United States turned up.

Instead, the U.S. government sent officials from the Department of Homeland Security to demonstrate its mandatory fingerprinting of Arab and other foreign visitors.

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A pair of U.S. Homeland Security officials at the show did their best to give details on America's tourist sights, such as the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, while explaining that being fingerprinted by U.S. immigration officials doesn't mean a person should feel like a criminal.

Oh, no. You have no reason to feel like a criminal. Wait, where did you say you wanted to visit?

"We tell them, 'We want you to come to the United States,'" said DHS spokeswoman Kimberly Weissman. "They ask us about destinations and we give them our personal anecdotes."

Visitors at the show said the lack of U.S. promoters gives the impression that Arabs are no longer welcome in America.

Actions do speak much, much louder than words.

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