Hmmm
British couple detained by US
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Hmmm indeed
None of these articles mentions whether they had their luggage with them. Would seem significant.
Boris done fecked up.
A take from the US media (From the washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...onnors-british-family-ice-vacation-detention/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...onnors-british-family-ice-vacation-detention/
Now that I find odd....the $16,000 I mean.
im not sure what to make of it to be honest - but if its $US or $canadian would probably be of significance - I know a few places in Canada accept US dollars but it would seem strange to bring that much in US dollars unless you had planned to visit the USA
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https://www.inquirer.com/news/berks-british-immigration-canadian-border-20191015.html
that does not sound too excessive to me for 7 people on a holiday - admittedly id just use my card but some people do take travel money in cash and it is in canadian $ not US
I was initially surprised at the notion that one might take a wrong turn in southern Canada and accidentally end up in the US.
there was this story from just over a year ago as well
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44588643
Trump should build a wall to keep the brits out you say?
It happens a fair bit. Probably due to people being on the sightseeing tip and not paying attention to the signs.
yes. The folks to the north are white
but seriously, what happens is you take a wrong turn and you end up on a road that only goes to the border crossing. If you try to turn around you'll be detained. If you didn't mean to go that way and aren't prepared to cross (passports, visas, etc.) you'll be detained.The moose doesn't.
They’re travelers as in from the traveling community
ICE detained my aunt at the Windsor/Detroit border for 6 hours for having her car broken into and passport stolen (she's a US citizen). She's 60 something and they acted as if she was some crime kingpin selling passports.
US border guards can be like that for sure.
I sometimes travel through the US to see my family in western Canada. Once, on my way back to Toronto, crossing back into the the US the guard looks at my passport and asks me what I do for a living. I reply and he says that must require a real attention to detail. I say, yes sometimes. To which he responds, so why isn't your passport signed?
He was kind enough to let me sign it right then and there.
That's kinda hilarious.US border guards can be like that for sure.
I sometimes travel through the US to see my family in western Canada. Once, on my way back to Toronto, crossing back into the the US the guard looks at my passport and asks me what I do for a living. I reply and he says that must require a real attention to detail. I say, yes sometimes. To which he responds, so why isn't your passport signed?
He was kind enough to let me sign it right then and there.
They do occasionally have a sense of humor. Occasionally.
Ah yeah sure they can be like that too. I once spilled shampoo / hair gel all over my passport (it was in a terrible state) and when I handed it over the lady started screaming "Patrick your passport is crying" and waived me through.US border guards can be like that for sure.
I sometimes travel through the US to see my family in western Canada. Once, on my way back to Toronto, crossing back into the the US the guard looks at my passport and asks me what I do for a living. I reply and he says that must require a real attention to detail. I say, yes sometimes. To which he responds, so why isn't your passport signed?
He was kind enough to let me sign it right then and there.
That was before Trump and anyone gave a feck about ICE though.
Yes, since Trump I've noticed they are a lot more cnuty.
For a guy working in North Dakota in the middle of the night it was pretty funny.
This special relationship seems to be awfully one way these days...
Happened to me on Niagara. I realized I've taken the wrong direction but I think it was on a bridge and I had no way to take a turn. I proceeded to drive till the checkpoint and told the officer and I was allowed to turn and come back. But this was in 2007 when ice was not hated. They were even courteous
Yeah, it's especially difficult in southern Ontario because all of the crossings are bridges. And back then they were generally pretty nice alright.
Makes sense that.
i suspect they gave a warm traveler welcome to the police when they were stopped then... My experience of American Immigration officials does make me wonder how well they would have responded to that
It’s just my opinion not something I’ve read.
Their surname is very common amongst UK and Irish travelers and having seen a picture of the family I’m putting 2+2 together and maybe hitting 4..
As soon as I saw their photos something struck me about them but I couldn’t work out what it was. As soon as you wrote that it clicked with me. That plus the use of cash does = 4 to me anyway.
Yeah the cash is a good point. Maybe it’s @TBP
What’s a ‘warm traveler welcome?’
OitNB taught me that ICE are wankers, I am on the couples side.
(Where has he gone btw?)
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I see ICE keeps being mentioned but ICE has little or no presence at the border. It's all CBP - perhaps some military presence but CBP and not ICE would handle the security at the border as part of USCIS.
feck you, coppers?
Well, I see that I am blending in just right
From the latest info of them being denied entry to the US recently, crossing a ditch then heading for the US it sounds like they knew what they were doing.
I just had to look at their faces to know they were bullshitters
They look like Chavs to max
They look like Chavs to max
Robbing you without physically assaulting you I'd imagine. Or is the blood what makes it warm?
As for these lot, they were trying to illegally get into the States and have been rightfully stopped. Wouldn't be a surprise if they are tinkers, never much for following laws those lot.
U.S. authorities disputed the family’s version of events, saying they were spotted via video surveillance “slowly and deliberately driving through a ditch onto Boundary Road in Lynden, Washington” between parallel roadways on the U.S. and Canadian sides. The roads are not connected by cross streets, and the only legal way to traverse between the countries is at staffed border stations throughout the region.
True. I've never heard Americans talk up the special relationship with Britain/UK.