Does racial profiling exist at the Canada-U.S. border?
Nov 21, 2014 10:03:33 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2014 10:03:33 GMT -6
Yes. Yes it does...
We talked about this issue on the last Reality Remix show, labels being put on people for different reasons, labels that eventually stick like glue.
Here is one of those stories. Four guys, Canadians living in Toronto that got denied entry to the United States because of....nothing other than the color of their skin..
They were finally denied entry because they were told that their ties to Canada wasn't strong enough...
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Six hours of interrogation, finger prints taken, cells confiscated, photos taken and then...go back, you are denied entry.
Now, they are feeling quite uneasy as they don't know where this information is going to go, to what purpose and they wonder if they are forever banned from entering the U.S.
This is just wrong in so many ways. Just my opinion though.
Dear Hernando, what's yours?
We talked about this issue on the last Reality Remix show, labels being put on people for different reasons, labels that eventually stick like glue.
Here is one of those stories. Four guys, Canadians living in Toronto that got denied entry to the United States because of....nothing other than the color of their skin..
The men, all of Turkish descent, claim they were treated like second-class citizens. Not only were they denied entry, but they say they were detained, interrogated and humiliated for no other reason than their backgrounds.
Two of the men work full-time, one owns a business and one is a student. There are several university degrees between them. They all own homes in Toronto.
Two of the men work full-time, one owns a business and one is a student. There are several university degrees between them. They all own homes in Toronto.
They were finally denied entry because they were told that their ties to Canada wasn't strong enough...
"I've lived in Canada for close to ten years. I own a house in Canada, for god's sake. How much of a strong tie to Canada do I have?" said Dogan, who is also a Canadian citizen.
Source
Six hours of interrogation, finger prints taken, cells confiscated, photos taken and then...go back, you are denied entry.
Now, they are feeling quite uneasy as they don't know where this information is going to go, to what purpose and they wonder if they are forever banned from entering the U.S.
This is just wrong in so many ways. Just my opinion though.
Dear Hernando, what's yours?