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Afghan-Canadian doctor asked about 'tribal chief' before being barred from US
Source: The Guardian
Afghan-Canadian doctor asked about 'tribal chief' before being barred from US
Sardar Ahmad, Fulbright scholar from Afghanistan who has lived in
the US and is now a Canadian citizen, held for five hours at US border
Ashifa Kassam in Toronto
Wednesday 1 March 2017 18.59 GMT
A Canadian doctor originally from Afghanistan was held for five hours at the US border and questioned about his “tribal chief” before he was eventually denied entry to the US.
Sardar Ahmad left Afghanistan more than a decade ago to move to the United States on a prestigious Fulbright scholarship. In 2007, he moved to Canada to complete his medical residency, eventually setting up practice in the southern Ontario city of Sarnia and becoming a Canadian citizen.
After receiving notice that his Nexus card – part of a program designed to expedite border crossings for low-risk, pre-approved travellers – had been revoked, Ahmad decided to use his lunch break on Friday to pay a visit to the Nexus office in Michigan.
As he explained the situation to officials at the Blue Water Bridge crossing, Ahmad said his car keys were taken from him. He was then held for more than five hours and questioned about his life in Afghanistan, the family he had left behind and whether he had seen “a lot of gunmen” while growing up there.
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Sardar Ahmad, Fulbright scholar from Afghanistan who has lived in
the US and is now a Canadian citizen, held for five hours at US border
Ashifa Kassam in Toronto
Wednesday 1 March 2017 18.59 GMT
A Canadian doctor originally from Afghanistan was held for five hours at the US border and questioned about his “tribal chief” before he was eventually denied entry to the US.
Sardar Ahmad left Afghanistan more than a decade ago to move to the United States on a prestigious Fulbright scholarship. In 2007, he moved to Canada to complete his medical residency, eventually setting up practice in the southern Ontario city of Sarnia and becoming a Canadian citizen.
After receiving notice that his Nexus card – part of a program designed to expedite border crossings for low-risk, pre-approved travellers – had been revoked, Ahmad decided to use his lunch break on Friday to pay a visit to the Nexus office in Michigan.
As he explained the situation to officials at the Blue Water Bridge crossing, Ahmad said his car keys were taken from him. He was then held for more than five hours and questioned about his life in Afghanistan, the family he had left behind and whether he had seen “a lot of gunmen” while growing up there.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/01/canada-doctor-sardar-ahmad-us-border-detained
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