Good God, Where Am I?

So it's been awhile since I've been really really appalled. ... But this seems like a good excuse.

Pretend you're a young, rich, Icelandic world traveler. You fly first class to New York for Christmas with your friends. You are detained, because in 1995, you overstayed your visa by three weeks. You are made to wait for hours. You are fingerprinted. You are not allowed to call anyone. Your family and your consul are lied to. You are chained and shackled at the wrists and ankles and then led through the airport like a criminal. You are taken to a prison in New Jersey and locked in a cell for 9 hours. You are forced to undergo a medical examination. You are eventually released nearly two days later, but cuffed and shackled again and led through the airport and kept handcuffed until you are on the jetway.

Welcome to the United States. Come back and spend your money here sometime.

Hat tip, Andrew Sullivan.