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Does it really matter anymore? US border guards seem to be refusing to let in anyone that fits in the category: brown, accent or Muslim. All three of those you

Does it really matter anymore? US border guards seem to be refusing to let in anyone that fits in the category: brown, accent or Muslim. All three of those you may as well not even try which I say is the no so subtle message. Even today a story on CBC news a woman born in Canada, speaks English denied entry told she needed an immigrant visa not just a visa which is weird an immigrant visa. Her two white friends passed through with no trouble. http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/montreal/canadian-denied-entry-us-immigrant-visa-1.4011202 http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/montreal/canadian-denied-...

Mikeb85 10y ago
And the story literally says she was first stopped in December. US border guards have always been assholes, I got detained recently because the border guards are, to put it mildly, idiots (they thought visiting family in the US for the weekend was strange). Remember at one point Canadians used to be able to visit without a passport; that ended long ago. I mean, my solution is to avoid the US whenever possible (never take layovers there, avoid travelling there unless someone really, really wants me to visit), but it is rather annoying to be treated like shit by a country where we're supposed to be able to enter without problems. I've never experienced the same issues travelling to the EU.
- dghughes 10y ago
  Yes stopped because of a "random check" as stated in the article. She was told to fill out a form her fingerprints were taken then told there was a computer problem and she couldn't enter the US. They came back the next day and were allowed in. But then the latest crossing attempt the border guards asked her why she was stopped in December?! It was the border guards who did it. It's like in grade school a bully grabs your hand and pushes it into your face asking "Why are you hitting yourself?!"

Mikeb85 10y ago

And the story literally says she was first stopped in December. US border guards have always been assholes, I got detained recently because the border guards are, to put it mildly, idiots (they thought visiting family in the US for the weekend was strange). Remember at one point Canadians used to be able to visit without a passport; that ended long ago. I mean, my solution is to avoid the US whenever possible (never take layovers there, avoid travelling there unless someone really, really wants me to visit), but it is rather annoying to be treated like shit by a country where we're supposed to be able to enter without problems. I've never experienced the same issues travelling to the EU.

dghughes 10y ago
Yes stopped because of a "random check" as stated in the article. She was told to fill out a form her fingerprints were taken then told there was a computer problem and she couldn't enter the US. They came back the next day and were allowed in. But then the latest crossing attempt the border guards asked her why she was stopped in December?! It was the border guards who did it. It's like in grade school a bully grabs your hand and pushes it into your face asking "Why are you hitting yourself?!"