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4. This is the reason the Dobbs ruling is not going to go away by the midterms

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Wed Jul 13, 2022, 12:46 AM

Jul 2022

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'Have you recently had an abortion?' Australian transiting through US questioned then deported [View all] Nevilledog Jul 2022 OP

Reading other replies, I also question details of her story. Hekate Jul 2022 #1

That's gotta be bullshit. Nobody in Los Angeles would have ANY authority to question BComplex Jul 2022 #2

and no federal authority would do it Hamlette Jul 2022 #3

No. . .this is real. Happened to my wife. They legally do not have to let you in. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #18

They asked your Dorian Gray Jul 2022 #31

True, they don't have to let you in SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #39

Agreed. Are there any other victims of this type of treatment? ecstatic Jul 2022 #7

My wife in Seattle when she tried to join me to do her Green Card here. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #17

They asked her in Seattle if she'd had an abortion? n/t pnwmom Jul 2022 #28

Your wife was trying to join you, though. This woman was passing through on the Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #34

Yes, seems questionable . She also says detained at the border in Los Angeles JI7 Jul 2022 #9

Read the whole article. enough Jul 2022 #37

The law gives them 100% authority to deny entry for any reason or no reason. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #19

They can ask anything. They can demand to see your phone and go through your photos AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #24

This is the reason the Dobbs ruling is not going to go away by the midterms Rstrstx Jul 2022 #4

ah, makes sense. I had a similar situation Hamlette Jul 2022 #5

Other countries have similar restrictions Retrograde Jul 2022 #10

Seriously? Why should people mangle their own privacy to accommodate autocratic inquisitors? ancianita Jul 2022 #13

It is perfectly okay. The constitution does not apply at the border. That's how the law was written AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #25

Terrible. ancianita Jul 2022 #36

yes, they can pretty much do whatever they want to Meowmee Jul 2022 #53

The cat sitting for rent Meowmee Jul 2022 #12

Aside from violating her privacy, could these "Border Patrol" Deuxcents Jul 2022 #6

She has no legal standing to sue. CBP can deny entry for any reason and no reason under the law AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #26

"her transit through Los Angeles on 30 June, where she was detained at the border " JI7 Jul 2022 #8

If she's Australian, the border is where the Pacific meets the land of Los Angeles. ancianita Jul 2022 #14

Does she mean Customes and not Border? BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #20

No. Immigration stamps you in. Customs just makes sure you're not skirting tax laws AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #27

If you're transiting Dorian Gray Jul 2022 #32

We don't have transit lounges in the US in the sense that other places do. Ace Rothstein Jul 2022 #41

There is definitely something amiss with this story but I don't know what it is. liberalla Jul 2022 #11

Agree. Something about this report and the event is off. ancianita Jul 2022 #15

Sounds like what those bastards did to my wife in Seattle AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #16

What will you do now? BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #21

We gave up on the US in May and will reunite to live and work in Bangkok. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #22

What a hassle. BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #23

What a nightmare. I'm sorry! How did you meet your wife? n/t pnwmom Jul 2022 #29

At a supermarket in Nanjing when I worked at the Rape of Nanking Memorial Hall. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #45

I've been following your story. Ilsa Jul 2022 #44

I'm sorry that happened ecstatic Jul 2022 #30

Very fishy story. LA is not known for it's evangelicals, plans to house sit in Canada have nothing Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #33

TSA and Border Patrol pretty much have license to do what they want. haele Jul 2022 #46

But they are saying she was deported because her house sitting plans IN CANADA violated Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #55

It sounds like she was trying to be slick about her visa waiver Sympthsical Jul 2022 #35

Borders are violence. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2022 #38

Yeah, airports are "a border" when traveling Sympthsical Jul 2022 #40

According to officials, she had breached the conditions of the visa waiver program. MrsCoffee Jul 2022 #42

Which means this wasn't just a plane change on her way to house sit in Canada. Which is Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #56

I call bullshit on this. However, I have no clue as to motive. Stinky The Clown Jul 2022 #43

She's not the only Aussie to face horror from CBP mainer Jul 2022 #47

Are there no cat-sitters in Canada? milestogo Jul 2022 #48

She writes a blog about traveling as a cat-sitter mainer Jul 2022 #49

She just straight up violates her visa Sympthsical Jul 2022 #51

Doesn't this make all house exchanges illegal? mainer Jul 2022 #52

I honestly don't know Sympthsical Jul 2022 #54

Her blog about cat sitting mainer Jul 2022 #50