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AZJonnie

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20. Seems like there's reasons wherein it was correct to deport the husband
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:59 AM
Feb 21

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