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In reply to the discussion: British holidaymakers 'traumatised' after arrest at US border [View all]mwooldri
(10,303 posts)23. Makes one think that "The Wall" is to keep people IN.
The Berlin wall has that effect. Maybe we need to refer the wall as being an iron curtain. We know how effective that was....
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I can't believe either Canada or the US arrests people who obviously strayed across the boarder
napi21
Oct 2019
#32
I can't be the only one that thinks there's a little something fishy about the...
PoliticAverse
Oct 2019
#34
American Gestapo. Not being allowed to call their embassy is banana republic type shit
TeamPooka
Oct 2019
#11
Coming back from Europe a week ago, an Italian man I met who travels to the US for business
kimbutgar
Oct 2019
#12
We even had a rude customs agent when we came back from Ireland (at the Dublin airport)
LisaM
Oct 2019
#33
A similar though not as devastating thing happened to me at Point Roberts near Vancouver in 1989
OnlinePoker
Oct 2019
#14
When I visit relatives in Canada, I'm ashamed to admit that I'm American these days.
George II
Oct 2019
#16
Again, these are CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. We are in the darkness now, with the orange traitor
PatrickforO
Oct 2019
#20