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Nothing in the post suggests the person is a Canadian citizen. Going by all the clues, it sounds like they are a Canadian permanent resident.
by desdiv 9y ago
Nothing in the post suggests the person is a Canadian citizen. Going by all the clues, it sounds like they are a Canadian permanent resident.
- Mikeb85 9y agoNot OP, but my sister and brother-in-law (both born in Canada) have constant issues re-entering the US, despite both having up to date visas and never having changed jobs. Mostly because of dumb-ass border agents. They've never been denied entry, but it's always a 5 hour long ordeal.
- mabbo 9y agoWhen I was first at Amazon in Seattle (later moved back to Toronto) it became known that if you had a TN visa, you didn't cross at a specific Vancouver-area crossing. There was just one guy there who had decided he didn't like the TN visa program, and tore up every single one he saw.
- illumin8 9y agoThat's horrible. I hope the worker was reported and sent to prison.
- Mikeb85 9y agoHappens more often than you think. It's not something that comes from the lawmaking side, but seems border agencies just have shitty cultures, uneducated officers and too much authority since they're part of the national security apparatus.
- int_19h 9y agoThe "shitty culture" part to a large extent comes from "too much authority" part. Combined with one more, namely "lack of accountability". In many cases, CBP and ICE officers can make decisions that are essentially arbitrary, and that either cannot be disputed or appealed at all, or the process is so convoluted, esp. if you're outside the country, that it might as well not be there.
- robotresearcher 9y ago> sent to prison. It's too risky to have a man like that out on the streets. He could tear up visas any time.
- avh02 9y agoAbuse of power and being unreasonable are not good traits in any branch of law enforcement (which is where I assume this officer would end up if not at the border).
- robotresearcher 9y agoSure. I just think that 'lock him up' is not the solution to non-violent crime. The US has higher incarceration rates than any other developed country. It's expensive and wasteful of labour.
- illumin8 9y agoThere need to be strong penalties for abuse of law enforcement power. He has the power to destroy lives and families, apparently without any accountability. The way you hold people accountable for their actions is by threat of legal action against them.
- illumin8 9y agoThere need to be strong penalties for abuse of law enforcement power. He has the power to destroy lives and families, apparently without any accountability. The way you hold people accountable for their actions is by threat of legal action against them.
- mabbo 9y agoIn this particular case, Canadian citizen since birth, H1B visa.