You don’t have to do anything wrong to be banned from entering the United States
I first brought you the story of my friend’s incident of racial profiling at the United States border (entering from Canada) on August 3rd. Since then there has been a major development that has shed light on a troublesome scenario for law abiding citizens and the consequences of not being white, driving a suspicious-looking car and traveling to a Casino on a Sunday night. continue reading...
As of today, new rules are in effect if you want to travel between the United States and Canada or Mexico. Basically, you must have with you a valid passport or a special driver’s license with you when crossing the border. This is the last step in a gradual increase in border crossing rules. Recommendations after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 were made to increase border security, and this is the last measure to be enacted.
Public opinion is split on the issue. Some feel it will cause unnecessary headaches at the border. Others find it dangerous that it had taken this long for security measures to be put in place. Read more… continue reading...
I’m a Canadian and I fell for an American on a weekend trip to the south during Christmas. I was operating the scoreboard and he was working the basketball court. I didn’t plan for it to happen, it just did. We have been dating ever since and we’ve never dealt with any cultural, language or currency issues that we couldn’t handle…except when it came to physically crossing the border. continue reading...
