From the Toronto Star:

“A Toronto woman coming home from India says she was pulled aside at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, accused of using a fake Canadian passport, denied consular assistance and threatened with jail…Instead of jailing her on Jan. 27, an INS officer cut the front page of Cruz's passport and filled each page with "expedited removal" stamps, rendering it useless…She was photographed, fingerprinted, barred from re-entering the U.S. for five years and immediately "removed"…Not to Toronto, but to India, where she had just spent several weeks visiting her parents.”

Yes! Finally the United States is safe from this despicable loan officer. Who can say what horrors she would have unleashed upon an unwitting America had she been allowed to return to her home.

I’d like to personally thank whichever coffee swilling, chromosome-deficient, fuck stick bureaucrat who so astutely observed that this women was not white, and thereby deemed her claims of Canadian citizenship to be highly suspect. Your incompetence and bigotry – which I know is not unique amongst your peers – has earned the United States the continued ridicule and ire of the international community. At a time when we are pleading with our peers to support our policies, you have successfully highlighted their shortcomings with an act of astounding stupidity. You should be commended.

My only regret is that this story will not be reported in the United States. Our media is no longer allowed to critique the policies of our government. If they were, perhaps the citizens of America would be made aware of this shameful incident, and could extend their most sincere regrets and apologies to Berna Cruz.

After that, we might even endeavor to begin an honest public dialogue concerning the shortcomings of the new national security measures protecting our borders.

It’s unlikely that any of this will occur, however. And sadly it is equally unlikely that Berna will be the last person to have to endure this type of treatment at the hands of our government.

Labels: border security, ins, national security, patriot act, tsa