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AZJonnie

(3,409 posts)
20. Seems like there's reasons wherein it was correct to deport the husband
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:59 AM
Saturday

But not the wife, and more importantly why were they held captive for SIX FUCKING WEEKS?!?

How is there ANY possible valid excuse for that? They should've both been on a plane back to their home country the next day.

Also are we sure Canada rejected THEM, or just the car they wanted to drive in, leading them back into the corrupt clutches of CBP as they sought to get the proper paperwork to drive the car in or make other transport arrangements?

Also UK citizens don't need a visa to drive into Canada and can stay for up to 6 months (though I don't think they can work there legally). Seems possible they waited til like the last day the husbands US visa was valid (or maybe overstayed a little bit as they traveled to leave), tried to drive into CA, not expecting a problem getting in cause UK citizens are basically automatically allowed in.

What they might've done is leave the hubby inside CA at a motel while she drove back with her valid US visa to try to get whatever auth she needed to drive the car into CA.

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Kick dalton99a Saturday #1
To effectively terrorize people, punishment needs to be unpredictable and arbitrary. Girard442 Saturday #2
+1 dalton99a Saturday #3
+1 leftstreet Saturday #8
She should have a gigantic lawsuit in the works. oasis Saturday #4
My guess is edhopper Saturday #17
Thanks for posting this. Hope22 Saturday #5
It's weird Canada rejected them and it reads that the husbands work visa had already expired. Melon Saturday #10
Much safer to have flown home from Canada. Hope22 Saturday #11
Canada denied them entry. Melon Saturday #12
I understand.... Hope22 Saturday #26
The 'reason' is because the ICE goons get a big bonus for incarcerating people travelingthrulife Saturday #14
There was no releasing them when they signed a contract to deport Melon Saturday #16
Seems like there's reasons wherein it was correct to deport the husband AZJonnie Saturday #20
Yep....6 weeks is horrible. Melon Saturday #21
I thought it said they didn't have the right paperwork to bring the car ToxMarz Saturday #22
Being in Southern California, whenever I rent a car - haele Saturday #23
I'll post in the full heading. You can't enter canada Melon Saturday #24
No one from another country should risk traveling to the US today. Lonestarblue Saturday #6
Do not travel here! Johnny2X2X Saturday #7
Excellent examples in this article of why wnylib Saturday #9
Got to increase those profit margins increasing-it is the middle class paying for this not the wealthy Stargazer99 Saturday #13
Wow! You just can't buy PR like this in the runup to the World Cup!!!! hatrack Saturday #15
Bonus per detainee, ICE buying warehouses from Russian owners for 4-5x their value to house NoMoreRepugs Saturday #18
unbelievable waste of money mountain grammy Saturday #19
You can't enter Canada without having left the US with legal documents Melon Saturday #25
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