Canadians with mental illnesses denied U.S. entry

Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:11 pm » by **Torofamily**

Canadians with mental illnesses denied U.S. entry
Source: CBC

More than a dozen Canadians have told the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office in Toronto within the past year that they were blocked from entering the United States after their records of mental illness were shared with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Lois Kamenitz, 65, of Toronto contacted the office last fall, after U.S. customs officials at Pearson International Airport prevented her from boarding a flight to Los Angeles on the basis of her suicide attempt four years earlier.

Kamenitz says she was stopped at customs after showing her passport and asked to go to a secondary screening. There, a Customs and Border Protection officer told Kamenitz that he had information that police had attended her home in 2006.

“I was really perturbed,” Kamenitz says. “I couldn’t figure out what he meant. And then it dawned on me that he was referring to the 911 call my partner made when I attempted suicide.”

Kamenitz says she asked the officer how he had obtained her medical records.
A document completed by a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer says that at a secondary inspection at Pearson airport in Toronto, it was ascertained that Lois Kamenitz had 'attempted suicide in 2006,' and a medical clearance would be required for a further attempt to enter the United States. Sarah Bridge/CBC

“That was the only thing I could think of,” she says. “But he said, no, he didn’t have my medical records but he did have a contact note from the police that [they] had attended my home.”

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we got enough crazy bastard already here :shock:

Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:26 pm » by **Cosmine**

If being a sheeple is a mental illness,they should built a wall in between quebec and vermont. :bang;

Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:37 pm » by **Illuminated**

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fk'ng sad :vomit:

Stephen Harper _"I know some people don't like it. It is a loss of national sovereignty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULDB4k-z5u0

Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:39 pm » by **Troll2rocks**

lol would that work the other way around ? I seriously doubt it lulz

Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:02 pm » by **Seroquelz**

That's disgusting

And good to know CA and US are bff's now. All this double checking and big brothering AFTER 9/11 - hindsight that's now just bullying and harrassment of regular, everyday citizens. F'ing facist bastards . Homeland Security isn't about keeping American's safe, it's about gaining more control over our lives. SICK SICK SICK!