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		mjevans 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two w... I think the question is: why were they even let in at the border crossing if it wasn't a valid entry? Shouldn't they have been turned back there?

deskamess 6 months ago [–]

Very likely, that as a Canadian, you can enter the US without a visa as long as you do not work. You need a TN visa+status to work. So probably entered US on passport (no visa status) and then applied for TN... during which things went poorly.

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