November 04, 2002
Canada Warns Against Travel To... The US?
Admittedly, Canadian immigration authorities have come under fire before from a variety of sources, but the point stands that a First World country - and one particularly close to the United States both geographically and politically - has just told its citizens not to go there because they might be in danger. Is this a warning sign, or simply a case of hysteria? Maybe, not.
The Canadian government has issued an official advisory warning Canadian citizens of Middle Eastern origin against traveling to the United States. The advisory says anyone born in certain countries (such as Libya and Iraq) will be fingerprinted and photographed by American authorities.
Bill Graham, the Foreign Affairs Minister, says he has complained to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell that such racial targeting is inappropriate."People only come to this country and get access as landed immigrants and Canadian citizenship, if we've done thorough security checks. And that's what I'm telling my American colleague," said Graham.
--via Plastic
Posted at November 04, 2002 02:20 PM | World
