Should I get my daughter refused entry

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edgehi

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Concerned Dad, with 19 year old daughter.
Her mother got her a job as a stripper (in New Zealand)! Now she is intending to fly into Denver (via LAX) to work illegally. She is so young, stupid and vulnerable that she hasn't even booked travel insurance! Duh!
My only course of action, other than to let her go and learn life's hard lessons, is to tell US immigration that she is arriving and intending to work.
Can any of you advise me as to the merit/folly of such a course of action.
 
You do understand that she is going to become a hooker? Yep, one day she dancing with a pole, the next day it's in her. I think you are playing a joke on us, but just in case your just a idiot, you should contact CBP. About the only thing CBP will do, is put her on a flight back home, and require her to get a visa to come back to the US.
 
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I wish it were a joke! My question is, if I get CBP to refuse entry and send her back, what consequences does that have for her in future years if she wants to visit US on more legitimate grounds?
 
look, this is not easy, she is 19. Even if you send her home, she can do worst, just forget her and wish her good luck in her future endeavor because for she has crossed the line way too much.
 
She is free do 'do her worst' in New Zealand, I can't stop her. But if 'the worst' happens to her half way around the world....then she really is up shit creek without a paddle. Anyway, back to my question, so if I contact CBP what is the likely outcome?
 
Tipping off CBP you will have a good chance of getting her entry to the USA denied. You should provide documentation to back up your claims if possible. If you have none, a sworn (notarized) affidavit, plus affidavits of others with knowledge if you can get them would bolster your case. You should include her name, DOB, passport number if you have it, as well as the date and port of entry for her flight if you know it. Note that the port of entry will be LAX, not Denver. The LAX-Denver flight is a domestic hop!

Reporting her for immigration fraud WILL certainly impact ability to enter the USA in the future--she could be permanently excluded. That's a choice you (and she) have to make, and it may be a better outcome than the alternative.

I don't think CBP could or would get you in trouble in New Zealand. Whether your daughter does or tries to when she gets back is another question.

Someone mentioned that she could claim abuse. Maybe, but if they suspected she was fleeing an abusive family that could actually bolster the case for exclusion, that she was not on a "pleasure trip." It's not like she can claim asylum from New Zealand.

As for where to tip-off, check these sites:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/cmcs/cmc_south_pacific.xml
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/ca/2704.xml

or just call 1-800-BE-ALERT.

You are completely within your rights to do this. Some have suggested that you wash your hands of her, but she is your daughter. If you know for a fact this is what she is up to then you could be doing her a tough favor. Being detained by immigration officials and sent back to NZ might be a life lesson on one hand, and might save her from some grim outcome on the opposite hemisphere. It might not, but that is your choice to make.
 
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Thanks everyone. I have contacted CBP and, as yet don't know the outcome. I'm hoping she gets her butt kicked the heck out of there.
 
Mind providing more details, e.g. how you filed report (taken over phone, fax etc) and updating what happens if/when she tries to enter the USA? Your choice of course but it's always helpful for others to know the outcome in cases like this if others have similar situations. I don't know of any other threads involving CBP tipoffs.
 
We faxed it through, you have to identify yourself and state your reasons. She has gone and I haven't heard from her, so either they let her in anyway, or she is back and licking her wounds somewhere... here's hoping!
 
Thanks, if you don't mind posting again when you find out that would be cool. Either way best wishes for you and your family that everything works out.
 
They let her in! Oh well I did my best. All I can do now is wish her luck and worry.
Thanks for the advice everyone. Ahh the folly of youth. I wonder what she will be like when she is 25?....
 
I wish her luck too.
I'm glad you're not my dad. You may have had the best intentions, but snitching on your daughter... come on man, people have to find their own way! bad parenting coupled with good intentions cannot do anything good!
 
Ahh but you see, thatsonlyme, she goes without even so much as travel insurance, when the shit hits the fan, she will be calling me to bail her out at great expense. How many bad choices should I stand behind? How many would you? The sex industry is not exactly overpopulated with nice people. They are very experienced at exploiting fresh meat like her. Obviously you know better.
 
I agree with your reasons and I have no doubt that you want only the best for your daughter, however kids usually don't like when parents are interfering with their lives and they become even more rebellious. If you build rust with your kids they will respect you way more and you'll have better chances of reaching them.
I wish her the best and I hope she'll figure out herself that she made a mistake, but please don't push her deeper in trouble by calling DHS. try to talk to her, be her best friend, that kind of relationship I had with my dad and trust me I respected his opinion even if I couldn't agree.
all the best
 
thatsonlyme said:
I wish her the best and I hope she'll figure out herself that she made a mistake, but please don't push her deeper in trouble by calling DHS. try to talk to her, be her best friend, that kind of relationship I had with my dad and trust me I respected his opinion even if I couldn't agree.
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This is an old thread going nowhere but I have to laugh at you urging him not to "push her deeper in trouble by calling DHS." Getting stopped at the port of entry is the best thing that could happen to her when she's trying to fraudulently enter the country to work illegally as a stripper.
 
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