US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff profile

Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by mcpherrinm on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:23AM (#13703494)

In some Canadian airports, there's "pre-clearance", where you go through American customs while still on Canadian soil. Right now, they can't hold you, because you're in Canada -- so if they aren't going to let you in, you can just leave, back into Canada.

There was a recent (Canadian) bill that gives US customs the ability to hold and search in pre-clearance, in Canada.

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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by chipperyman573 on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:00AM (#13703705)

If the alternative is just to go back to Canada, why would they want to hold you anyway?

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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by rtpg on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:37AM (#13703872)

Let's say during the search they find a conspiracy to commit a crime in the US. They want to hold you, extradite you to the US, and throw you in jail.

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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by pmiller2 on Sunday February 26, 2017 @01:05AM (#13735930)

Wait. In that case, wouldn't the crime (conspiracy) have taken place in Canada? There should be no extradition, then.

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