Woman born, raised in Canada ordered to get immigrant Visa
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- Опубликовано: 6 мар 2017
- Manpreet Kooner says she was refused entry to the U.S. and was fingerprinted after a random search by border officials.
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The reporter kept trying to get the young lady to say it was about race and the young lady keep saying NO. I'm glad she didn't let her pressure her into saying yes.
Sounds like an incompetent U.S. Customs agent. No racial profiling, etc.
This woman's Instagram account shows that she was in Mexico when this was supposed to have happened, and not one word about such an incident either before or after, so it's just another fake racism complaint. She was also vacationing in Las Vegas by July of 2017, just 4 months later. Don't be fooled; this woman lives a jet-setter life. She and her family are always traveling to luxury spots in Cancun, Panama, Thailand, and on and on.
I'm a us citizen who was searched and locked in acage while they searched my car. Its not about attitudes. Its about stupid rules that deny logic.
thats because your name is "FORD" and you drive a total different car
wait, her mother was banned from entering the U.S.? why didn't the interview expand a bit more about that?
Mara Tirado why tho
Hablayo yo make the story complete
Mara Tirado I have to look in news then if that case
jackpontiac52 I know someone handed u.s. dollar to Canadian store owner in Ottawa how about that lol
Mara Tirado that doesn't explain why her daughter was targeted. That's illegal
Get a official written statement from the US embassy stating that you shouldn't have any problems
being a CANADIAN citizen and not a emigrant.
Get all documents signed by the person you communicated with ph # as reference.
Good luck.
The same story happened to my cousin going through the same border, he was denied entry to USA. We are both born and raised in Canada.
Which background (origin) are you and your cousin? I'm a expert in border crossing laws.
People say "racial profiling" but the exact same thing happened to me, and I'm white. I've been refused entry to the USA for literally NO reason. Multiple times, in fact. Even though I LIVED in America with a green card for almost 20 years. After I surrendered my green card, and moved back to Canada, when I tried to re-visit America I was faced with all kinds of issues. I hate travelling to the US. I always have problems, and I'm always treated like a criminal, even though I've never been in trouble with the law in my life.
I bet they feared you would re-establish employment or something... Either way, you're better off
Your Second name is Palladino?
Jaime Duncan
Italians profiled? My ass
Stephanie Palladino. Residents in the U.S. get treated like criminals with no travelling. You just havent noticed the U.S. is a police state now.
Enjoy your visit!
Siyovaxsh En-sipad-zid-ana
How many black dudes have you seen in a Low rider? 😂 this ain't the 90's brah
#1 You get stopped in a random search.
#2 They cannot find anything illegal.
#3 Due to TSA incompetance the paperwork gets lost.
#4 During your next visit they cant find the evidence of your innocence.
#5 Since you're now a suspect of crime you need a non existing VISA to visit.
#6 Trying to argue for your case puts you in a folder of hostile takover terrorists.
#7 Since terrorists are dangerous you're now a threat against national security.
#8 National security issues are punishable by death efter 27 years of interrogation at Guantanamo.
#9 You're now banned for life with the NSA watching your every move worldwide to stop you from murdering the president. All because you cannot dismiss something that never happened in the first place.
Peter Liljebladh Peter sir, you are a genius! And I mean that.
@peterliljebladh + Absolutely and well stated🎯
Why did she sign a false document?
Stop with the Racist baiting already. Sounds like no more than bureaucratic bumbling. Hope it gets sorted.
It's not true at all. She made it up. This woman's Instagram account shows that she was in Mexico when this was supposed to have happened, and not one word about such an incident either before or after, so it's just another fake racism complaint. She was also vacationing in Las Vegas by July of 2017, just 4 months later. Don't be fooled; this woman lives a jet-setter life. She and her family are always traveling to luxury spots in Cancun, Panama, Thailand, and on and on.
Can you get a document from the embassy stating it's ok? I'd ask for one.
I must say that it really depends on whether you get a moron or an intelligent border guard. The US doesn't seem to have any sort of standard for their border protection. Any moron can , it seems , be a US border guard.
I went to the US this Christmas and had NO problem at all. The guard was smart, efficient, respectful and polite. Granted it was a young fellow who appeared to be well educated but no problems at all.
Quite different from a few years back when some coneheaded , high wasted knuckle dragger couldn't understand why my car couldn't be left unlocked even when I explained it to him about the auto lock system.
That time I was denied entry after several hours in secondary. The old fellow who "escorted " me back to the Canadian side did not have nice things to say about the new set of idiots he had to work with.
are you talking about americans or canadians? what you said can apply to each side
There's a lot being left out. Mothers banned and she's given the runaround twice.
J OneLife wutt? The only meth heads are the white folks. Have you ever see a east indian homeless and begging on streets ? No cause they are busy building their lives while the white folks busy sucking up the welfare and wasting on meth.
That sounds like not real action....What did the mother do to get banned????. perhaps a real crime like sell something made in Canada in the US Bigg crime eh!
Oh Tushar, you can't read.
matt b sure if that's what you believe .
She may not want to believe it but she was being racially profiled.
Defiantly was the 2nd time.
D Parks she thinks she is white
That's because she is European.
pepjrp She's not European, she's Canadian
Abdullaziz Wadi LMAO. That's why. Self-denial is a b1tch, literally
The border guard who spoke to her is either being shady or ignorant. She doesn't require any kind of immigrant visa because she is not an immigrant. She's a visitor. If I fly to Paris for a week or two, it does mean I plan on moving to France. I'm just visiting. I found absolutely nothing on the USCIS website that would indicate this woman requires a visa. She isn't planning to invest, purchase property, or immigrate to the US.
There is something about their family background that she’s not telling us.
I've been to Canada many times but the last trip will be my last trip. Not worth the hassle.
Kooner, 30, is of Indian descent and was born in Montreal to parents who came to Canada from India in the 1960s and have lived in the same LaSalle district duplex for decades.
A1Googler she was clearly racially profiled because she looks middle eastern . she could also pass for hispanic.
This is what the Muslim ban would have been. They would have found some BS excuse to prolong the ban just to keep out any non-whites. This is the work of your orange Fuhrer and his Neo Nazi party.
The mother of this lady got a permanent ban from the US so it could play a part in this and why was she banned?
gerry faiman, I agree. They certainly didn't want to talk about why her mom was banned.
She's Indian.
Why does she say "my husband" twice, but slips and calls him her "fiancé"?
They kinda glossed over the whole "her mother's banned" thing. Why was she banned? They don't ban someone for no reason.
It's a pretty good bet that if someone is banned from a country, their children are going to at least get a second look, if they get let in at all. Sounds to me like they are actually performing their due diligence, and she's just playing stupid.
It's the opposite for me. I've travelled to Canada from the U.S. and get bombarded with questions from Canada Border Services and have been sent to secondary screening. I finally get let in, but I have no idea what alerts them to do this (they won't tell me). All I do is answer their questions calmly. I'll be visiting Vancouver next month and am crossing my fingers.
they have a computer system and when your last name matches up with someone else's they check it out to see what's going on.if not everything checks out they deny you.
they do this to avoid allowing criminals into their country cause they are trying to protect their citizens which the government as a responsibility to take care of.
roachtoasties
If you're bombarded with questions at the border, it's because you are coming over legally, not the way illegals come in and are given a welcome by the RCMP and your suit cases carried over and thousands of dollars to give you a place to stay and most of all you are not a Isis terrorist or a Muslim. They are all welcome through the back door thanks to Trudeau our NWO puppet. Welcome to Canada.
In Canada its usually concern about gun ownership
Hey Barbara, are you christian? Just curious, is all because Canada is a PROTESTANT country. Yet for some reason, we let non-protestant people practice their religion. They've extended the olive branch to you, so you should extend the olive branch to the Muslims, you ignorant yank.
Do you know what a kufar tax is? Go find out about what it means, and THEN tell everyone how accepting we should be of them in return
This is a very strange story. I think she was flagged because of her mother AND the first refusal of entry. She was just told there was a computer problem so they could look further into this woman and her party. We just don't have all the facts. All we have is a version of events.
I think they stopped her for saying " my fiance, well husband and I like to travel"
Which is it, fiance or husband.
She us red flagged because her mother is banned from entering the states. There is more to the story.
I apologize for your difficulties. I pray that this gets straightened out for you and your mother.😟🙁😦
This exact thing happened to me when I tried to attend a funeral. Every time I've tried to re enter, I'm denied.
It might just be a computer glitch; but it is probably related to her mother's status. There is clearly more to the story being left out.
This doesn't make sense. Why is her mom banned as well.
I hope she's able to make it over here for everything she has planned. It'd be a shame to miss out because they won't let her in.
Canada frequently refuses Americans to travel to Canada. She seems to come all the time, I wonder if the entire truth is being told.
What's weird is that she does not have an e-passport. I THOUGHT we (Canada) stopped giving out the plain kind years ago.
I bet her fianceé/husband is the issue. Would be good to hear more on him.
Lovely woman with regretful experiences. I sense there may be concern due to her being perceived with an ethnicity (badly) mistaken for origination from Pakistan area, and concerns related to Homeland Security matters.
We sometimes fail to foresee, even imagine how international politics can have profound effects on a local basis, which involves and impacts blameless innocents. Sad, especially since she seems to be so sweet and patient.
She's a Punjabi born and raised in BC Canada. Pakistanis and Indians are not the same.
How do we know if she has told us all facts?
Have In mind that the is not being interrogated. She felt that some injustice happened and called this interview on her own.
True....maybe she is NOT telling everything
What was the outcome?
Some of these comments are ridiculous, attempting to BLAME HER?! Its not about the question of "aren't there spas in Canada" she is born and raised in Canada to immigrant parents like millions of Canadians. No Canadian born in Canada requires an "immigrant Visa" to enter the US. Full Stop. The US border officials are just acting as fascist Trump wants them to act.
F Dannn Wow! "Fascist " big word, did you think of that term on your own? Oh no, that's right, YOUR ONLY PARROTING WHAT YOU HEAR OTHER BRAINLESS IDIOTS SAYING!!! The word "fascist" has a meaning you know? And our president DOES NOT fit the description!!! Grow a brain! GOD FORBID WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY TRIES TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES!!! Right?? Did you hear about the terror attack in London today ?? Well, that's the reason we are finally putting AMERICA FIRST and getting serious about who is entering our country!!! If you don't like it then LEAVE!!! And if you're not American then stay OUT!!!
earthmom106 "If you're not American, then stay out!"
I don't want to hate on either of you, but that sentence doesn't make much sense to me. What if someone just wants to travel to a famous landmark in the U.S then go home when finished? I don't see any harm in doing that.
Because "earthmom106" is a right wing extremist, he/she is oblivious to the men who fought and died for the US to retain its freedoms and liberties, but he/she doesn't care about that and see's no issue with the statement "if you're not American then stay OUT." The sad part is that millions of Americans are as stupid as that individual which explains why the US is in such a decline.
F Dannn Trumps a fascist? Lol you sound so dumb,
The stop not her fault but signing that she is an immigrant when she isn't may cause future problems. Not the smarest move.
It's about time that the US border patrol gave the same treatment we got multiple times going to Canada. The Canadian customs treated us far worse than this woman's without a reason. We don't do drugs ever, we all have zero criminal records, we never violated any Canadian laws, and we weren't rude or misbehaving towards the Canadian customs. They held us "interviewed" and questioned for a half a day just because they could.
Times have changed. I remember going up to Montreal and the immigration officer would just ask where we are going then wave us in. Back in those days no passport or anything. They did not check any documents.
I admire you for being so reasonable in an unreasonable situation. I get stopped because my married name is the same as a Mexican drug lord. Sheesh, I'm a little old grandma.
well little old grandmas are major trouble makes. i know it for a fact! specially italion little old ladies!!!! they like to feed you untill the food comes out of your ears, every one of thoughs trouble makers want to marry you off to a family member or they want to adopt you. and that is the 2 top things thoughs so called nice little old grandmas do to ya!!!! I avoid them when ever possable or go on a major hunger strike before meeting up with them.
If the embassy tells her she doesn't need a visa, she should get that in writing to show when she gets to the border. Also, I would ask the embassy to call down to the border crossing and tell the ICE officials at that port of entry, that this individual may enter the U.S. without a visa.
where's the rest of the story, and where is the solution and action the embassy will take to address the matter, what was the advice
I was refused entry into the US once. Should I also have called a new station?
Yes! You need to follow up with the U.S. Immigration Bureaucracy and document everything, though, to find evidence you were treated unfairly. Border guards have a lot of bureaucratic power and it's neccessary that citizens be vigilant in assuring that these powers are not abused. This isn't Russia.
Message Incoming
I call the news stations when I have a funny looking piece of poop.
Pauline Gregory there is no point it was a facetious question
Message Incoming probably because you have a criminal record
No I don't have a criminal record. And that was kind of my point , I didn't cry or whine about it I just turned around and went back home. I didn't call a news station.
You save money by staying home.
May be American border officials treated you the same way Canadian Officials treat Americans entering Canada
Why couldn't the embassy in Canada just contact the person she spoke with at the border and get it straightened out
When my UK friend and I drove to the (Washington) State US/Canadian border three years ago, we were told we had to go into the office for further questioning. We were there for about an hour being asked many questions ... actually he was not me. Oh , by the way, we are both white. Racially profiled???? The world has changed since 911 .....
Difference is she was told she needs an immigrant visa even though she is a born Canadian citizen. Maybe you can explain that?
Every COUNTRY citizens in authority is on a power trip. Not to worry they will all be Tripped.
omg make it into a race issue
the problem is, they don't give you anything in writing, and then it's your word against theirs
This is a non-story. You should see how strict Canadian border agents are toward Americans. Any little thing, and NO ENTRY.
So Cal Bee Guy so true.
This happens more going INTO Canada!!!
R Hs unless you cross at an illegal crossing and claim to be a refugee
@Edgar Barcelona hahaha lies on you Trump has a bigger iq then most of our presidents
Nothing new ,I got refused entry to the US once many years ago ,and so were some friends of mine.All of a sudden they make a big fuss of that.
John Le, how dark is your skin? Was it dark enough to make the news?
were you told to get an immigrant visa? that's the story here
I was refused to go into Canada before, should I call the news?
Shes Canadian.I know a guy that tried to visit Canada.He was grilled at the border for 12 hrs then told he could not enter
Since the 9/11 attacks passports are required. I have had to supply a passport everytime I cross into Canada from Minnesota. It is not anything new.
Lloyd Powell she had her passport
Did you watch the whole video moron
Just a misunderstanding , but CTV and there anti USA feelings making it into more than what it is , no real issue here
Anti-USA feeling are very justified given the USA's record.
How can you say no real issue when she had to go to the US Embassy in Ottawa? It's an inconvenience considering she got plans to attend a music event in Miami and another event and not sure if she can make it through the border. If you are driving toward the border and you got plans across the border you would be worried all the way up to the border.
Tom Madison and what record is that. Canadian ppl live in a bubble to long. Must be nice to live in your bubble next door USA. Wish we did for a change we got to fight for all of us ungrateful.
CTV reporter you are trying to bring up the race thing when this lady knows it's not that. There's always someone get hassled at the border. I live in a border city and have heard lots of horror stories.
Here is your answer.
you simply ask the U.S. embassy to sign/seal and notarize a document showing that you do not need a visa.
Make sure the name , the phone number and the title of the person at the embassy is clearly visible on the document.
Show the document at the border. If they still trouble you, you tell them to call the individual at U.S. Embassy.
If they still trouble you. tell them to shove it.
Canadians born don't need visa WTF
My son has both American and Canadian passports and so he has the freedom to work in both countries when he comes of age.
OG USA should repeat history and have another war with Canada! Let the war of 1812 come again. This time we just kick Canada's ass. Just because not because it logical. Because Canada is sick and degenerate country. Once the QUEEN is gone the whole royal family be fighting itself. I bet that will happen.
This is a year old, now. Where is the update?
How aboot that?
mother was banned. Family suspected of further criminal acts. end of story
How does family even matter? Your not your family your an individual person a family member whos banned shouldn't effect you at all since you aren't them who's banned
Couple of things here: The text associated with this vid is wrong; it was not a "random search". Ms. Kooner stated that the issue was due to an earlier border crossing last December.
Travel to the USA is a not a right; the USA can turn any one away for any reason they please. Border guards (Canadian ones too) are trained to be poker-faced, and a little threatening; this puts people off their guard so that those that may be hiding something are more likely to show verbal and other body language cues that the guards are trained to look for. It takes very little to "upset" a border guard and once this occurs, it's highly likely that there will be problems. I'm glad that Ms. Kooner acknowledged the issue last December; this clearly created a log in the system that was later triggered when she tried to gain entry.
She is correct to state that as a Canadian-born, Canadian with a Canadian passport, she should not need any special visa to simply visit a spa but it's not that simple. If she or her friends behaved in any way that was perceived by the guard to be suspicious or simply just plain rude, he has complete authority to deny entry.
Well said!
Fly, the concern is that at the end of the day she was denied entrance not due to suspicious behaviour but because she did not have a Visa....
David: an assumption; neither of us were there. I find it really odd that a Canadian with a border crossing issue ran straight to the news claiming racial profiling. I don't know if her behavior was suspicious or not; no one but the woman, her friends and the guard know exactly what happened; it was not a random search.
"If she or her friends behaved in any way that was perceived by the guard
to be suspicious or simply just plain rude, he has complete authority
to deny entry." What? Now what in anything that she said would even suggest that she or her friends were acting suspicious? Even if that were the case and they were "acting suspicious" are we to also believe that she and her fiance were also acting suspicious? What about her mother who was also denied entry into the country? Was she acting suspicious as well? In other words, you're making assumptions to justify the action of the border control! Coming up with all of these excuses masked as reasons as to why they MIGHT have decided to stop her but none of them explain why she's been stopped twice, was told that she needed to get a visa and WHY there was an attempt made to convince her to sign a paper saying she was an immigrant in her own country! NOTHING you said explains it because there is no other reason other than the obvious and the reporter has already stated what that reason might be. Stop defending primitive behavior.
would seem is that you didn't listen to the explanation
Why would she not need a visa?
Why would this be
Discrimination??? She speaks perfect English & she is as white as the driven snow!!!
This reporter tried it.. she had to point out your two friends are Caucasian. the girl doesn't even think she's being racially profiled but the reporter man... geesh.
The broad should know better,.
This is an international norm that any immigration officer of almost any country of the world has the right to refuse any foreign national to enter the country even that national has valid visa.
Did she get it sorted?
A fiance is when you are engaged but not yet married... A husband is when you are married... She said fiance and husband.. and she said she had her bachelorette party coming up... Her stories sound very conflicted... maybe THIS was the reason why there were issues? She cant keep a story straight?
hmm..interesting.. husband becomes fiance and back to husband..
the first time she mentions "husband"..right around 1 min into this video (*mark the expression she is doubtfull)
the second time at around 4mins 50secs she is fumbling on the same
last but not the leaste - point to be noted is that the mom is banned from entering US
She is lying
This dear girl is in denial, she is clearly and blatantly being profiled because of her ethnicity and her name, no ifs, ands buts, or maybes!
or she's lying about what actually happened.you do know people lie right?
she could of drove drunk and got kicked out of the us for awhile or the system glitched.
aathompson19 she's eastern Indian no one has any issues with Eastern Indians it's not like she's Muslim or something if she were Muslim people have a reason inability to have suspicion but this was random
Caught me off guard when reported asked if girl thought it involved race...
aathompson19
Canadian Sikhs make me laugh. White Canadians are so tolerant and Sikhs there don't have mirrors.
Susie Bear33
No one has a problem with East Indians? What ju talkin bout Willis?
The host is the kind of person who would try and convince a friend to say she got raped after an awkward sexual encounter, just for the sense of self-satisfaction...
If you are not a citizen of the USA entry in the USA is NOT A RIGHT, it’s a PRIVILEGE. Another thing, the Canadian passport is known the world throughout as a passport of convenience.
Difen Crosby: Really? You are ignorantly stupid enough to stick with that story? 😀😂😅😃🥲😁
The reason this young woman was treated so ignorantly is because of her name.
Beautiful name but if her name were “Daisy May Duke” she may have had no problem…………… ignorance was the mindset of this Border Guard. Prime Example of a Trump supporter , perhaps?
Love how this reporter race bates, the other two were Caucasian. newsflash she white also . ask her if her birth certificates states a race. Let us know what that might be. And if the United States says you need a visa to enter, guess what, you need a visa to enter
yes that's their job dress it up where it's not needed, she could have ask questions like did your friends get asked the same question's, but no birth certificate states your race, but your passport does, and to enter u.s.a. she gave them their passports, now where i live they say picture i.d. is all that is required and it's government issue with your history on it, and i just found out why i am flagged every time i go, and i'm white, born here almost a century ago, that i had a drunk driving when is was alot younger and this has never left the computor's and i haven't driven a car in over 20 years, and the drunk driving charge dealth with years before that, so the do look at everything i am eventually allowed in to america, but i usually have a 4 hr. stay till they figure out this out dated charge some where in the early eightys so they do pick some to check out and it amazes me that the criminal's always get across and normal citizens have to pay the price for the border security mistakes of not finding the criminals lol
happy cats If a visa is required but the embassy says she doesn’t and won’t give her one, what then?
dumb ass she said she would do whatever they want, and she is obviously not white then look at her name, denying racism dosn`t make it any less obvious
If she has a passport the birth certificate is not needed. The birth certificate was presented to get the passport!
Wendy Pekrul something tells me ur not nearly 100. Not many 90+ ppl would be on u tube typing a long ass reply 😉
I also dont trust this lady.
Ive been watching show after show on border security and her story sounds odd.
1. If she is being honest i bet she will do drugs in the usa.
2. My fiance i mean my husband? Usually ppl say husband 1st. Not oh i meant husband 🤔
3. She knows the current admin and its border agents are being harsh lately so why make so many plans to go down there?
She should know how great Canada is and just visit other parts OF THE COUNTRY SHE IS BORN IN...
4. Her eyes shifted at certain moments during her answers.
5. Something tells me she either WANTED to be pulled or she wants attention? LOTS of canadians get told no go but THIS story is on the news?
What makes it newsworthy vs ALL THE OTHER cases that day?
How the hell did the news find out anyway? Seems fishy🤔
My buddy is black, from south america and goes to the states to buy booze and visit buddies.
NOT once has he had an issue...again this story sounds FAKE or at least fishy.
And if all she has to do is get a visa do it. Dont call the news IT WONT HELP the next time she goes.
FYI the USA has no duty nor compulsion to allow entry.
Anyone can be told NO and they need no reason😉
They pull u for varioys reasons PLUS randoms PLUS something such as too many "uhhs or umms".
She seemed shifty
Just stay home, problem solved.
go back where you came from what could they say?
This woman's Instagram account shows that she was in Mexico when this was supposed to have happened, and not one word about such an incident either before or after, so it's just another fake racism complaint. She was also vacationing in Las Vegas by July of 2017, just 4 months later. Don't be fooled; this woman lives a jet-setter life. She and her family are always traveling to luxury spots in Cancun, Panama, Thailand, and on and on.
Sounds like a horrible experience.
Lesson: plan your trip somewhere else say anywhere in Canada, Austrailia, England. Why go to a country where they don't like your skin colour. Best way to change things is to boycott the US. Talk with your money.
I agree. If you don't feel the US doesn't meet your ethical standard s stay in your own country.
I'm not sure if this kind of thing doesn't happen everyday in the increasingly arbitrary and Orwellian world of the Canada-U.S. border. It's good that people are made aware of how it really works. Anyone working on the border is really just a glorified bottom-level bureaucrat that can carry a gun. They spend most of their time chasing small-time pot smugglers, collecting taxes on incoming goods, getting the computer systems to boot, and then filling out the related paper work in triplicate. The border is just a chance for Conservatives, Liberals, Republicans and Democrats to stuff taxdollars into a bloated security apparatus; it's a make-work project for the military and security contractors that stuff cash into the coffers of the political parties. Don't wait for the NDP to change it, because they'll just use it to symbolically keep the Americans at bay. It's a waste of time money, but all the politicians benefit from it, so it's here to stay.
Guy Souriandt There is some validity to the border patrol. They do occasionally catch criminal activity before people get hurt.
It is in the best interest of both the US and Canada, however, to make the process as smooth as possible.
I don't expect politicians to really care about the individual...I know better. I just expect them to care about image and peace, and that means treating individuals with respect and concern.
This young lady is being profiled for sure...She needs to hire an Attorney & have that person sort this situation out
Somebody at Revenue Canada ticked the wrong box on the last page of her income tax 4m, while xferring it from paper to computer. They tabbed her as a "non-resident". I know this from personal experience 2 yrs ago!.
Well the officer at the border has the right to refuse anyone to enter his country if he does not feel comfortable.
There are many reasons authorities deny travel. Many alerts come to them that Americans are not aware of. Noting to see here. Better to be a safe Nation than a sorry one.
sorry, too late .You are already a sorry nation.
nation of cowards now
@Patti Morris, What should have you worried is all the Neo-Nazi & Alt-Right terrorists we got here committing crimes of hate & terrorism on a daily basis!
He told her she needs a visa. The embassy told her she does not. So what are the alerts? If she had alerts they would tell her. Canada won't let in Americans who got certain kinds of crimes in their record but they will tell the person.
how is this still a safe nation with too many school shooting and bomb threat?
How about applying for a nexus card? Maybe?
A question to ask during this interview might have been what kind of I.D. (aside from your passport) did you have with you when you tried to enter the U.S. ? Did you have your Medicare card ? Copy of your birth certificate ?
is there a law or god-given right to Canadians to travel without visas to the US?
yeah we do that all the time. The issue isn't about this, you are just pro trump. Go move to the US if you love him so much... GOODBYE!!
Didn't answer the question, don't even know what the hell your point is.
Ignorant people like you make my day. Haven't got a clue what you're talking about. Try picking up a book and reading some time!
In the case of Australia, this would be poetic justice. :-)
It is in fact official policy between Canada and the US. Canadian citizens don't need visas to enter the US at an official border crossing. Americans don't need a visa to enter Canada either. That said, if there's something else in the database that (rightly or wrongly) indicates a problem, any person might be denied entry depending on the issue.
Money to travel, money to go to spas....no pity here.
I did notice her 1,200$ jacket, but that shouldn't play a role in this, neither should her race. Her mother was banned for life - that probably was the factor but our state-run and funded news decided to race-bait the issue in order to make the evil US border guards look racist. Ridiculous.
So do things get better ?
The incompetent border patrol at the Canadian-United States border should either retrained on how to use computer systems or be replaced by those who know how to use the computer systems.
News anchor is thinking - why have we invited this woman if there's nothing racist!! She really wanted a racism thing.
Jill Harrison
It was racist, but so what.
I have no PROBLEM with Boarder patrol doing their job, they can profile ME ALL THEY want as long as they KEEP DOING WHAT THEY GET PAID FOR
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This sounds like they were thinking that she was going to the US to do work.
I was ounce stopped for a few hours going into Canada because I didn't have any money on me.
The group that I was with I was going to Alaska. I was working as a roady with a Circus and they for some reason the boarder police insisted that I have traveling money with me. I had about $2,000 in the bank at the time. I also had a weeks worth of food with me. I didn't need extra for the trip. They insisted that it be more then $200. My boss gave me a $201 cash advance.
My boss didn't mind waiting for me. He needed the help with the animals. They had all been seen by the vet and they were good to go with their paper work.
I white and the police only seemed to have a problem with me.
I think they thought that I was a hitchhiker.
I did have a current ID with me too. It was for Maryland. We were crossing in Washington state. The Circus was out of Florida.
+My Perspective
I had been across that same boarder crossing twice before with out problems. I had lived in Washington before and
I even had an old Washington state ID on me.
Even a Canadian citizen will need to apply for a tourist visa B1/B2 .....if the CBP officer determines some irregularity in her travel history.. maybe too many shopping trips or too many attempted entries with in a short period of time. after she was denied entry..
Clearly, there was no irregularity in her history. Canada is one of the countries that doesn't require visa for stays less than 3 months. Clearly, it was confirmed she didn't require visa.
Don't give the US border guard attitude and you'll not have any problems!
+0derwahnsinn0 I heard it was $5.
+Senny_sen The broader guys? Mm, I wanna meet them!
Not true. I wish it was that easy.
This is the case to any border crossing. US or anywhere else!!!
Al Montoya b******* attitude that's b******* I've gotten more attitude from them and then I've ever given them
Perhaps there is more, she seems to hide something!
Felix Niederhauser
I think you are right She was hiding two bombs in her bra.
obvious racial profiling and discrimination. welcome to America....
Why would they make her sign a paper that said she was an immigrant?
Then don't go to the States. Easy!
Alan S lol
Agreed, I spend all of my tourist and business money in countries other than the USA.
But their restaurants serve the BEST breakfasts!
I'd be suspicious. How can she be Canadian when she didn't say ay or aboot?
I'm glad they are being super careful with letting people in. But this does seem a little ridiculous.
Well... if that's the case, no one should be allowed to enter Canada from the States. Including the people that are fleeing, sneaking across the border from the States. Fair and square.