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maxsolomon

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16. British.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #15)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 05:10 PM

Jul 8

She may have been using an expired passport?

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Legendary British R&B singer is in ICE Lockup - Jane Eugene [View all] Demovictory9 Jul 8 OP

She was LEAVING! What possible reason could there be to pick her up? Scrivener7 Jul 8 #1

Essy picking at borders..doesnt matter if coming or going Demovictory9 Jul 8 #2

Canada turned her away. EllieBC Jul 8 #21

Yeah, she's a real threat. 🙄 PittBlue Jul 8 #3

I do, it's my home Warpy Jul 8 #5

A lot of crap is going on but I have to ask malaise Jul 8 #4

Person has to leave for 10 years Demovictory9 Jul 8 #7

Sure, I'll give it a shot... ancianita Jul 8 #12

The Berlin Wall went up when I was 13, so I actually remember it well. The Wall was designed to keep people IN... Hekate Jul 8 #26

Thank you. I, too, was 13 and remember. The lesson: Fascist dictators never build walls just ancianita Jul 8 #27

You think it's OK for someone with a visitor's visa malaise Jul 8 #28

Okay. But does that carelessness merit criminalizing? Refusal of habeas corpus and due process? ancianita Jul 8 #29

When you know what the risks are EllieBC Jul 8 #30

"When you know" assumes she knew. Did she? How do you know she did/didn't? Did you know that in 2022, there were ancianita Jul 8 #32

I am not ok with ICE or Homeland doing that. EllieBC Jul 8 #36

Yes, you are. What this also shines a light on ancianita Jul 8 #37

Entertainers and musicians access visas easier than malaise Jul 8 #31

Sure. If you think she deserves what she got, I don't know what to say. Everyone, including Musk and Melania, has a ancianita Jul 8 #33

I agree with every word re resolving issues related to visas malaise Jul 8 #34

I hear you. ancianita Jul 8 #35

That was an excellent post malaise Jul 9 #43

Tom Homan and Kevin Roberts need a one way ticket to Mars on a Space X rocket now! Initech Jul 8 #6

Pls save a seat for president miller? SheltieLover Jul 8 #17

There's a seperate flight resereved for Trump and his cronies! Initech Jul 8 #18

Perfect! SheltieLover Jul 8 #19

Well, given Space X's track record, you have a 50/50 chance of surviving! Initech Jul 8 #20

Oh no! Are the odds of survival that high? SheltieLover Jul 8 #23

Maybe more like 60/40! Initech Jul 8 #24

Let's go with 90/10 SheltieLover Jul 8 #25

I don' t have much to add serbbral Jul 8 #8

"Legendary" needs to be someone I've heard of. maxsolomon Jul 8 #9

Canada refused her entry and then she was arrested by CBP. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 8 #10

There you go. maxsolomon Jul 8 #11

There's been no info on why she was denied entry. But she had overstayed her visa in the U.S., which was the basis for WhiskeyGrinder Jul 8 #13

Canada won't comment on why they turn people away, maxsolomon Jul 8 #14

If it's number three, no wonder DFW Jul 9 #39

She'd have to return to UK to renew the passport and risk not being admitted back into US Demovictory9 Jul 9 #41

I don't know the rules for the UK and their foreign office. DFW Jul 9 #42

Is she not a Canadian Citizen ? They won't let their own JI7 Jul 8 #15

British. maxsolomon Jul 8 #16

British. That's not the same thing. EllieBC Jul 8 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Jul 8 #38

This is one of the reasons we made sure from birth that our children were dual nationals. DFW Jul 9 #40

This'll make the U.S. more secure. nt Torchlight Jul 9 #44