"Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<2kv01bF6l2caU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> puntspeedchunk wrote:
> > On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:09:19 -0500, "John W."
> > <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> ... about Japan that I honestly don't understand.
> 
> Seems like a storm in a teacup to me. They are only talking about not giving
> the girl permanent residency, not deporting her. Hell, I don't have
> permanent residency either.
> 
> It says in the article that the girl is afraid she will be deported when her
> visa expires. What is the basis for that fear? Sounds a bit like a publicity
> stunt from the immigration reform folks. The fact that the "government
> officials" are basically schoolteachers is pretty telling.

I'd say the basis for that fear is that she's in Japan, a country that
IMHO would be more likely to follow the letter of the law (which, I
assume, would be to deport anyone whose visa has expired) than use
compassion and 'interpretation' of the law.

John W.