Indo-Canadian Denied Entry to USA
Sep. 29th, 2006 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mcgillianaireIn the same week that I was interrogated for nearly an hour by US Immigration, an Indo-Canadian was barred from boarding a flight from Edmonton, Canada to attend the funeral of a childhood friend in California.
We have a few things in common but at least I didn't provoke the customs officer by asking:
"Do you think the airplane's not safe if I'm sitting on it? Do I look like a criminal?"
One has to distinguish between a right and a privilege and visiting another country is a privilege, not a right. It could so easily have been me!
We have a few things in common but at least I didn't provoke the customs officer by asking:
One has to distinguish between a right and a privilege and visiting another country is a privilege, not a right. It could so easily have been me!
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Date: 2006-09-29 08:58 pm (UTC)but you're a lot smarter and don't mouth off to the
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Date: 2006-09-29 11:18 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-09-30 03:01 am (UTC)