Tag: Border

U.S. Doubles Number Of 5-Year Bans On Travellers From Canada | CBC News

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The number of travellers from Canada hit with a long-term ban when trying to enter the U.S. has almost doubled, new data shows. Between October 2018 and September 2019, U.S. border officers issued expedited removals — which “generally” result in a minimum five-year ban — to 616 travellers attempting to enter the U.S. by land from Canada. That’s an almost 100 per cent increase compared with 312 in the previous 12-month period. The statistics were provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Read full story here: U.S. Doubles Number…

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TSA PreCheck vs. Global Entry vs. CLEAR: Cost And Benefits Of Each | CNET

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Standing in a long line at the airport is no way to start a vacation. And it is certainly no way for frequent business travelers to fly. You’ve likely heard of various programs that promise to get you through airport security faster, and you’ve probably endeavored to look into them when you found yourself making painfully slow progress through a TSA checkpoint. Perhaps you’re reading these words while standing in an airport security line right now! Read full story here: TSA PreCheck vs. Global Entry vs. CLEAR: Cost And Benefits…

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Bias At The Border? CBSA Study Finds Travellers From Some Countries Face More Delays | CBC News

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The Canada Border Services Agency is conducting a series of tests to learn if its human agents, and its passport-reading machines, are prone to discriminating against certain kinds of travellers. The CBSA’s research to date, obtained by CBC News through Access to Information requests, suggests that most of the discrepancies in the treatment of different nationalities and ethnicities at Canada’s international airports are driven by procedures, rather than prejudice. Read full story here: Bias At The Border? CBSA Study Finds Travellers From Some Countries Face More Delays | CBC News

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Harassment, Sexual Assault Among Alleged Misconduct By Border Agents Investigated By CBSA | CBC News

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The Canada Border Services Agency, which has the authority to detain and search Canadians and carry out deportations, investigated 1,200 allegations against its own staff over a two and a half year period from January 2016 to the middle of 2018. Documents obtained by CBC News through an access to information request describe a wide range of alleged offences among agency staff, including criminal association, excessive force and using “inappropriate sexual language.” Read full story here: Harassment, Sexual Assault Among Alleged Misconduct By Border Agents Investigated By CBSA | CBC News

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Canada Pushes Back As U.S. Congressman Flags Threats Along ‘Totally Wide Open’ Northern Border | CTV News

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Canada is defending accusations from a U.S. Congressman that the United States is ignoring security issues along the Canada-U.S. border. “It is the longest, most successful international boundary — un-militarized international boundary — in the history of the world, and we’re determined to keep it that way,” Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said in an interview with CTV Power Play Host Don Martin on Wednesday. Read full story here: Canada Pushes Back As U.S. Congressman Flags Threats Along ‘Totally Wide Open’ Northern Border | CTV News

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US Border Officers Don’t Always Delete Collected Traveler Data | Engadget

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Privacy advocates aren’t just concerned about warrantless device searches at the border because of the potential for deliberate abuse — it’s that the officials might be reckless. And unfortunately, there’s evidence this is the case in the US. Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General has released audit findings showing that Customs and Border Protection officers didn’t properly follow data handling procedures in numerous instances, increasing the chances for data leaks and hurting accountability. Read full story here: US Border Officers Don’t Always Delete Collected Traveler Data | Engadget

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Scammed Senior Citizens Being Recruited As Drug Mules: CBSA | CBC News

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Drug trafficking networks are drafting senior citizens to smuggle illicit narcotics into the country, says the Canada Border Services Agency. An intelligence advisory from the CBSA flags the issue and asks staff to be on the lookout for elderly drug importers. It suggests some of the seniors act as mules in response to financial pressure after falling victim to scams spread through phishing email messages, websites, mail and phone calls. Read full story here: Scammed Senior Citizens Being Recruited As Drug Mules: CBSA | CBC News  

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U.S. On Guard Against Rise In Illegal Border Crossings As Canada Rejects Asylum Claims | CBC News

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American border agents are increasingly concerned about the northern boundary with Canada, saying the number of people entering the U.S. through back roads, forests and even across rivers is surging. “We’ve seen an increase coming into the United States from Canada,” U.S. Border Patrol Houlton Division chief Dennis Harmon says. He is responsible for the north-eastern frontier, through the Maine-New Brunswick line and the shared waters along the Atlantic. Read full story here: U.S. On Guard Against Rise In Illegal Border Crossings As Canada Rejects Asylum Claims | CBC News  

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Will Your Cannabis Credit Card Purchases Be Visible To U.S. Border Officials? (Some Might, Some Won’t.) – National | Globalnews.ca

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Legalizing cannabis is a complicated business with lots of moving parts. The question of how a credit card marijuana purchase will appear on your statement would seem not to make a list of the top 50 issues. And it wouldn’t, except for two awkward facts: U.S. law allows border officials to ban Canadians for life from their country for using marijuana in this country, even when it’s legal here. (A senior official confirmed last week that they are willing to do this in practice.) Read full story here: Will Your Cannabis Credit…

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Canadians Who Smoke Marijuana Legally, Or Work Or Invest In The Industry, Will Be Barred From The U.S.: Customs and Border Protection Official | The Star

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WASHINGTON—Canadians will be barred from entering the United States for smoking marijuana legally, for working in Canada’s legal marijuana industry and for investing in legal Canadian marijuana companies, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official says. Todd Owen, who spoke to the U.S. website Politico, said the U.S. does not plan to change its border policies to account for Canada’s marijuana legalization, which takes effect on Oct. 17. “We don’t recognize that as a legal business,” said Owen, executive assistant commissioner for the office of field operations. Owen’s comments…

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