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SuperHero
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 Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject: Denied Entrance Into The US Thanks To A Google Search |
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Denied Entrance Into The US Thanks To A Google Search
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| story of a Canadian man who was denied entrance to the US after border guards did a Google search on his name and discovered a peer-reviewed academic paper he'd written years earlier that mentioned his own LSD use over 30 years ago. Setting aside any thoughts one way or the other on whether or not that should be a criteria for entering the US, just think of what this means for teens today who are discussing their lives very publicly on sites like MySpace. |
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Novernae
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Here's a Globe and Mail article. |
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Milwaukiedave
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| That's just strange. |
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Fresh Prince
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: The glorious nation of Korea
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Here's an interesting article where someone was denied entrance into Canada for a similar reason.
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There was a time not long ago when a trip across the border from the United States to Canada was accomplished with a wink and a wave of a driver's license. Those days are over.
Take the case of 55-year-old Lake Tahoe resident Greg Felsch. Stopped at the border in Vancouver this month at the start of a planned five-day ski trip, he was sent back to the United States because of a DUI conviction seven years ago. Not that he had any idea what was going on when he was told at customs: "Your next stop is immigration.''
Felsch was ushered into a room. "There must have been 75 people in line," he says. "We were there for three hours. One woman was in tears. A guy was sent back for having a medical marijuana card. I felt like a felon with an ankle bracelet.''
Or ask the well-to-do East Bay couple who flew to British Columbia this month for an eight-day ski vacation at the famed Whistler Chateau, where rooms run to $500 a night. They'd made the trip many times, but were surprised at the border to be told that the husband would have to report to "secondary'' immigration.
There, in a room he estimates was filled with 60 other concerned travelers, he was told he was "a person who was inadmissible to Canada.'' The problem? A conviction for marijuana possession.
In 1975.
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| Fresh Prince, a conviction, which is known to be grounds for denying entry on both sides of the border is not the same thing as, or even similar to denying entry based on an article found through a Google search where there was no conviction or legal action taken. There are broader implications here with regards to publishing, academic freedom, and the freedom of people to follow the laws and norms of their own country without future reprisals from another country. Sure, the US should (and is) allowed to decide who can and cannot enter the country. If they want they can say that all people with curly hair are barred from entering. But this is taking it to new level of prudishness/ absurdity/ ridiculousness/ stupidity/ extremism/ asininity... I could go on. This are the kinds of reasons I would expect to be denied entry to Iran for. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Novernae wrote: |
| Sure, the US should (and is) allowed to decide who can and cannot enter the country. If they want they can say that all people with curly hair are barred from entering. But this is taking it to new level of prudishness/ absurdity/ ridiculousness/ stupidity/ extremism/ asininity... I could go on. This are the kinds of reasons I would expect to be denied entry to Iran for. |
It's NOT the U.S.,....it's the idiot immigration/custom folks working at the borders, it's the elected dummy officials that we Americans vote for to make the laws....it is getting out of hand....everything is subject to interpretation by the border guards.....if they like you, you can enter the U.S., they have almost unlimited discretion in allowing who enters or not. And they can AND do look the other way on what they want to.
Sometimes another country does not look so bad compared to the idiots running the U.S. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Location: Middle Land
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Then technically, Canada and the US should ban Paul M..ahem Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, etc. |
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Novernae
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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| The Great Wall of Whiner wrote: |
| Then technically, Canada and the US should ban Paul M..ahem Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, etc. |
Technically they should ban a lot of people if they followed the law to a t, but as hellofaniceguy pointed out, it is all arbitrary, but then again so is most of the interpretation/enforcement of laws which is why this guy was never charged in the first place (and rightfully so). |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Wooo-hooo! Mile high fences along the Canada / US border for everyone! |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| Gee, do you think maybe it's a case of Cdn immi paying back a little for the US's ultra tight interpretation of the regulations? We're supposed to be allies, and having worked for the US gov (contractor), I DO know the game. It ain't pretty sometimes. |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Nothing wrong with that, at the end of the day, but it's a good idea to google on your own name and see what comes up. Potential employers and GFs will do it too. I remember I've had a couple women (met via the net in some capacity) break a date because they googled on my name and found out I was a journalist and feared our "date" would some how end up part of column. |
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kurva anjad
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Good retort, you Americans need to do more of this against these Canadian bullies. |
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