[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

3 to 5 hrs to process 1000s of people, if you maintain some perspective that's not long at all, they were screened for sometimes incurable diseases such as smallpox at the time.
Those being examined were so by docs that spoke their language if posible, were offered the chance to purchase a boxed lunch, and if they were detained for any reason given 3 meals a day for free.
To my mind that is as humane and fair as is possible when dealing with a huge influx of people.
Just remind me why this is relevant to the op again..

do some research Kizzy instead of pulling 'facts' out of thin air

https://www.history.com/news/immigra...rocessing-time

It varied from person to person, but for 80 percent, the process took a few hours, and then they were out and through,” he says. “But it could also take a couple days, a couple weeks, a couple months or, in some very rare cases, a couple of years.”


There are some harrowing accounts published on the Island itself about families being torn apart because grandparents were too old or to sick. disabled people etc

the land of the free eh?

its as relevant as the comment about the Handmaids Tale but you took no issue with that?

Like I said to Girth, I will leave it at 'wow that's awful' in future …..