Quote: Non-Portable Rights, Once More

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“When you go to another country, you don’t take your rights with you. As romantic and adventurous as it sounds to spontaneously pack up and travel the globe, when you don’t do your homework, reality can be harsh.”

Rory Linnane From Captured in Ethiopia: An American nightmare The Daily Cardinal - August 26, 2009 (A UW-Madison sophomore recounts her experience being detained and deported from her host country of Ethiopia).