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Why Canadians?

• mahyarm 10y ago
  It's the pre-screen areas are inside Canadian airports, on Canadian lands. Anything the us border cops can do there, they do so with the permission of the Canadian government.
  • aanm1988 10y ago
    Which really, should be whatever they need to do. The twist being at any point you should say "No, I'm staying in Canada" and they should say okay bye.
    • mahyarm 10y ago
      I think that happened in the article.
• mcpherrinm 10y ago
  In some Canadian airports, there's "pre-clearance", where you go through American customs while still on Canadian soil. Right now, they can't hold you, because you're in Canada -- so if they aren't going to let you in, you can just leave, back into Canada. There was a recent (Canadian) bill that gives US customs the ability to hold and search in pre-clearance, in Canada.
  • chipperyman573 10y ago
    If the alternative is just to go back to Canada, why would they want to hold you anyway?
    • rtpg 10y ago
      Let's say during the search they find a conspiracy to commit a crime in the US. They want to hold you, extradite you to the US, and throw you in jail.
      • pmiller2 10y ago
        Wait. In that case, wouldn't the crime (conspiracy) have taken place in Canada? There should be no extradition, then.