This nonsense is beyond belief

[GardenGnome]

Last edited Mon Jul 7, 2025, 11:54 AM - Edit history (1)

A friend of mine follows a UK blogger. This Brit posted that she ran into a spot of bother recently trying to enter US. She has her own YouTube channel with scores of thousands of subscribers. Immigration looked through her devices and came across her channel. A number of her viewers, not her, had posted negative comments about the state of affairs in US. The Brit was banned on the spot from entering US for 5 years!

Edited:

Well, I have to apologize. I got this story from my friend's husband and he confused two stories. It involved a couple from Ontario, and she is trying to find the details for me. I'll post that story here, with sources, when/if she's able to find it.

However, as I mentioned in a reply below to Shellback Squid, these bans are increasingly common. Here's another article, also from 2019, from MLT AIKINS. "5-year Travel Bans: An Increasing Concern for Canadians Travelling to the U.S. for Work or Pleasure"

https://www.mltaikins.com/insights/5-year-travel-bans-an-increasing-concern-for-canadians/

And here is a March 28, 2025 story from CityNews Everywhere. "Trump’s stronger stance on border security leads to trouble for Canadians driving into the U.S."

One immigration lawyer says there are more reports of Canadians being detained at the border or green card holders being put in deportation centres since the United States Trump administration’s enforcement-oriented policies went into effect.
...
“It seems like the pendulum has swung a lot from low enforcement under the Biden administration to almost going on steroids here for the Trump administration,” Saunders told 1130 NewsRadio.

He thinks this could become a trend for the next four years, and we’re only two months into the Trump administration.
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“You hear story after story. You hear about the students who are being put in detention and deported on student visas. You’re hearing about all of these detentions, whether it’s British citizens, Canadian citizens, so yes, you’re hearing more,” Saunders explained.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/28/canadians-us-border-trouble-trump-security/

[chouchou]

1. Wanna make a small bet that the person with the power, regarding if she could enter..

....the state, was at least, a right-winger.

[Shellback Squid]

2. Blogger, what's her link?

[GardenGnome]

5. I'll have to find out

Too late tonight.

[GardenGnome]

10. Canadians increasingly subject to five-year bans from U.S., say lawyers

This story was posted back in September 25, 2019 on The Northern Light Blaine and Birch Bay's Community Newletter, so the situation is not all that new.

U.S. border guards are now issuing five-year bans to Canadians and other non-citizens at a higher rate than before, according to immigration lawyers interviewed by The Northern Light.

Five-year bans, formally called expedited removals, used to be issued in cases of egregious conduct such as lying to a border guard or being caught working in the U.S. illegally. But immigration lawyers say that the bans are now being issued more liberally, including when visitors lack the right documents or are simply unaware of the rules.

“I’m getting tons of cases where people come to the border and don’t have the right documents or they are naïve in what they are doing, and they get five-year bars,” said Blaine immigration lawyer Len Saunders, who noted a case in which a Canadian professional was banned from the U.S. for having a notarized, rather than an original, copy of his college degree.

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“In 20 years, I’ve never seen so many expedited removals,” said Saunders. “It’s like they’re giving out speeding tickets at the border. Instead of being denied entry, they’re giving five-year bans to Canadians. It’s happening in all of the ports under the Seattle Field Office. It’s happening in Blaine, at the truck crossing, in Point Roberts, in Montana, all across the district. I’ve been told that there is a new sheriff in town.” He added that he had been contacted by a number of Canadian TV and radio newsrooms seeking insight into the new development.

https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/canadians-increasingly-subject-to-five-year-bans-from-us-say-lawyers,8425

As for this recent story, I'll email my friend and get the blogger details in about an hour.

[Skittles]

3. why can't you identify the blogger

[Demovictory9]

4. another youtuber was rejected for opportunity with the Fed Gov because he expressed views on Tariffs

doesn't matter what the view is.. his views werent extreme. any evidence of expression of opinions on tariffs, lgbt, etc... automatic rejection now

[BoRaGard]

6. "You will luv our corrupt comrade krasnov (R-Felon) or you will suffer." - KGOP. Inc.

[TnDem]

7. More info needed

If this is verifiably true, then Rachel needs to get the details for her show.

That is insane.

[Ms. Toad]

11. I haven't been able to find anything. n/t

[obamanut2012]

8. I need a source for this, what is the blogger's name

[Shellback Squid]

9. I don't believe this posting or the op

[obamanut2012]

12. Me either -- searching shows zero such incident

And, they have no responded to requests to name the person.

Enough is actually happening, we don't need ragebait muddying the waters.

[GardenGnome]

13. Yes, I have

And this was never an attempt at rage-baiting. I was shocked.

I didn't see the questions until after midnight last night, when it was too late to get more information, but I posted my intention to do so. This morning, I added some general information shortly after eight and again said I would email the friend and get the info in about an hour. And in less than an hour I edited my original post with an apology and some facts. I'm still waiting for more info which depends on my friend being able to find the story. She is going to try.