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Border Fail: August 2011
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Commentary on current issues relating to international borders, immigration, and trade. Monday, August 22, 2011. Drive Like a Canadian and Get A Bullet Up Your Ass. 8220;You can drive any way you want in Canada. But if you drive that way down here somebody might put a bullet up your ass.”. That was the advice Joel Helle, an officer with 9 years working for CBP, gave to a Canadian driver just after he grabbed the driver by the neck. But let’s recount what happened. Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Back to the ...
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Border Fail: September 2010
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Commentary on current issues relating to international borders, immigration, and trade. Tuesday, September 28, 2010. DHS Being Sued Over Electronic Equipment Searches. Earlier this month the Montreal Gazette wrote about Pascal Abidor. A man with France and US citizenship who was the subject of secondary-inspection by US border agents which resulted in:. Losing his laptop for 11 days. Being frisked, handcuffed, and placed in a cell. Released…3 hours later. Doing his Ph D in modern Shiite history. This sho...
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Links - Bring Pedro Home
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Loving husband, devoted father, wrongly detained! Para traducir en espanol. Pedro's case is just one of the many reasons why the United States needs immigration reform. Here are some organizations and individuals that are national and local that are fighting for immigrant rights! Reform Immigration for America. National Immigrant Justice Center. Christians for Immigration Reform. Southern Coalition for Social Justice. Tony and Janina's American Wedding. Pedro's lawyer is Attorney Glenn Fogle.
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Bio-graphy | Lauren L. Martin
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Lauren L. Martin. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Geography, University of Oulu, Finland. Women’s Refugee Commission. Doing geography, broadly writ. Bender’s Immigration Bulletin. Call for Applications: PhD Position in Borders, Mobilities, and Identities. Constructing the Border Wall. Blog at WordPress.com. Follow “Lauren L. Martin”. Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Build a website with WordPress.com.
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Border Fail: Gut Feelings and Misinformation
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Commentary on current issues relating to international borders, immigration, and trade. Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Gut Feelings and Misinformation. Now, I’m going to assume that article follows good journalistic integrity, and that anywhere there’s quotes indicates something that was actually said. So let’s examine some of the soundbites shall we? Romero devoted much of his 45-minute presentation to immigration issues, adding that an immigration violation can be charged as a felony. Questioning someone'...
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Border Fail: Thoughts From A CBP Secondary Inspection Area
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Commentary on current issues relating to international borders, immigration, and trade. Sunday, July 17, 2011. Thoughts From A CBP Secondary Inspection Area. The CBP officer tells the woman bluntly that its not her (the CBP officer) fault that she (the woman) didn’t give herself enough time to clear customs when arranging her flight. The woman returns to her seat, still upset. 8221; he asks. After the lecture, the man is asked to have a seat, they’ll call him up later. America Is A Different Country.
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Border Fail: Conceding to American Pressure–How Canadian
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Commentary on current issues relating to international borders, immigration, and trade. Sunday, July 17, 2011. Conceding to American Pressure–How Canadian. American fisherman were in uproar earlier this month when one of their own was fined $1000 for not reporting in to Canada’s CBSA (Customs and Border Services Agency) once he had crossed into Canada’s waters. By law you can’t cross in and fish without first contacting CBSA. From an article on Syracuse.com. I’m conflicted on how this went down....
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Border Fail: Dysfunction Hinders US Border Protection
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Commentary on current issues relating to international borders, immigration, and trade. Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Dysfunction Hinders US Border Protection. The headline to this article. Congressional report cites fresh concerns about security of Canada-U.S. border. Canadians do have more lenient asylum and immigration laws than we do here and that potentially has an effect on us because of our border,. 8230;some units within Homeland Security clash over who conducts border surveillance, who interviews d...
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Border Fail: Denied for Nothing
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Commentary on current issues relating to international borders, immigration, and trade. Friday, May 1, 2009. As I read the story featured in this post. From thetyee.ca, April 2007, by Linda Solomon. He’s also banned from entering the United States. When Mike Milne, a spokesperson for US Border Protection, was interviewed about this he quoted the US Immigration Law Handbook where it says. 8220;But he was never convicted of a crime! 8221; you may be saying. Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter. The expense of ...
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Border Fail: July 2010
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Commentary on current issues relating to international borders, immigration, and trade. Sunday, July 11, 2010. The Liar, the Car, and the Cell Phone – CBSA and Your Privacy. Oh poor Derrick Anderson. He went to the Minneapolis area to buy a cheap car, came back to the Canadian border and lied about how much he actually paid for it to avoid paying extra money in duty and taxes (y’know, THE LAW). ( Click here. To read the Winnipeg Sun article). According to the CBSA spokesperson, yes:. That’s right f...
