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

A border officer wrote ‘ordered removed’ in his passport. (Jason Warick/CBC)

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).

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