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Some years ago a major Canadian Union Head was denied entry to the US. The reason? He had a criminal record. The crime in question stemmed from a protest a numb
by raganwald 16y ago
Some years ago a major Canadian Union Head was denied entry to the US. The reason? He had a criminal record. The crime in question stemmed from a protest a number of years previous, and he needed to get all sorts of legal wheels turning to get written permission to enter the USA.
In theory, this is understandable, a crime committed at a protest could well include something like assaulting police or destroying property. But I'm disturbed by the direction these laws are going and I really don't like the idea of taking photographs or other such actions branding someone as a "criminal."
- marcusbooster 16y agoIt goes both ways. The Canadian border patrol routinely denies US citizens entry for having a criminal record, even for misdemeanors. It's all up to the officer's "discretion", whatever that means at a given time.
- joe_the_user 16y agoI'm not sure that's "going both ways". It's more the US and Canada going in the same problematic way.
- marcusbooster 16y agoI wasn't writing metaphorically.
- pcc 16y agoA colleague (from South Africa) once was denied entry to the USA, for having outstanding parking tickets in SA...