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mokawanis

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6. What the hell?

Reply to Separation (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 10:58 PM

Feb 2013

I don't understand the reasoning for blocking people with arrest records for a DUI or for possession of a small amount of weed. It's not like those offenses are indicators of being a dangerous criminal.

I'm wondering if other countries are as strict?

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Canadian man misses Super Bowl trip after 1981 pot bust denies him entry to U.S. [View all] mokawanis Feb 2013 OP

Also happens with people going the other way. whistler162 Feb 2013 #1

I didn't know that mokawanis Feb 2013 #2

Not Canada Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #5

I have a dear friend from Canada who was denied entry last year because of a joint 20 years ago DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #3

Anyone with a DUI cannot get into Canada either. Separation Feb 2013 #4

What the hell? mokawanis Feb 2013 #6

It started back in 08 I think. Separation Feb 2013 #7