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A British family on vacation accidentally drove into the U.S. They’ve spent days detained with their

The flight and the cost to detain them over a week... would have more than covered to send 7 people back to the U.K.


And looking at the road:

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US tried to return Connors family after illegal entry but Canada refused - Insider

I mean it's not entirely impossible late at night an animal crossed that road and caused the car to swerve and maybe mixed up their directions or whatever, I know a lot of people who are geographically challenged, and whatever. Or maybe they did intentionally cross over for whatever reason, still think the person who caught them could have just turned them around and kept an eye.

Interesting picture.

The earlier stories implied that the incident took place closer to Sumas (which is close to Abbotsford) and not close to Lyndon (which is close to Aldergrove). I suppose the fact that both Abbotsford and Aldergrove start with the letter "A" and that Aldergrove is a "neighbourhood" rather than a municipality could have confused the reporters who didn't have access to the Internet.

However, the CBP video doesn't "quite" confirm the people's story that they "accidentally" crossed the US/Canada boundary so it really doesn't matter how easy it would have been for them to do something that they didn't do isn't really all that important - is it?
 
You guys are so cute... thinking that we can't simply do whatever we want with regards to you guys. :lol:

Indeed, there ARE people who think that the full title of the position is "President of the United States of America and God-King of the Universe".
 
The same goes for The United States.

Actually that isn't quite correct.

The US government is under absolutely no LEGAL obligation to allow anyone INCLUDING AMERICAN CITIZENS to enter the United States of America. Canadians have a "constitutional right" to re-enter Canada - American's do NOT have a "constitutional right" to re-enter the US (and there is no statutory right for Americans to re-enter the US either). It's only because of "activist judges" that there is any "judge-made law" on that point at all.
 
Is this your prime minister?

Indeed.

And not only that but he has apologized (unreservedly) and admitted that it was a really stupid thing to do.

Apologizing and admitting that what you did was stupid when your attention is brought to the fact that you have done a really stupid thing is what a responsible adult does.

Sending out tweets blaming everyone else for what you did when your attention is brought to the fact that you have done a really stupid thing is what Mr. Trump does (well, that's what he does after denying that he did it until it is no longer possible to keep up the denial without everyone laughing at him).

Since you are the only person in the whole known universe who has never done a really dumb and inappropriate thing, and since you are neither the PM of Canada nor the President of the United States of America, I think that I will dislike the adult in the room less than I dislike the child.

Your opinion, it appears to me, differs from mine.
 
Yes, seriously. They were tourists in Canada.

Correct. Which is why we contacted Canada.

Does the United States rescue random tourists from Canadian custody just because they entered through the United States?

Indeed we do. If someone is in the US, accidentally enters Canada and is apprehended by Canadian authorities. If Canada was to release them back into the US, they would contact us and we would inform them if we would allow them.

Who does that?

Pretty much everyone. As it makes sense.

And you believe that?

No reason not to.
 
Actually that isn't quite correct.

The US government is under absolutely no LEGAL obligation to allow anyone INCLUDING AMERICAN CITIZENS to enter the United States of America. Canadians have a "constitutional right" to re-enter Canada - American's do NOT have a "constitutional right" to re-enter the US (and there is no statutory right for Americans to re-enter the US either). It's only because of "activist judges" that there is any "judge-made law" on that point at all.

Cool story. The US government is obligated to follow the Constitution. And since citizen entry is not covered, that is reserved to the States or people. Which I guarantee is how those judges ruled. They didn’t just pull something out of their ass and change the language. Like saying what a tax or fee is.
 
Yeah, you jealous? Want some?

Have you ever considered what a shame it is that Andrew James Scheer has not lived for 14 years in the United States of America?

I mean, if he had, after the 21st has decided matters he could then run for President of the United States of America (and, if his party had won the election on the 21st, he could possibly end up as BOTH the Prime Minister of Canada AND the President of the United States of America.

(Just passing along a minor "giggle-worthy" thought.)
 
Indeed, there ARE people who think that the full title of the position is "President of the United States of America and God-King of the Universe".

Obama did have his clique...
 
True, but even the ones who thought he WAS "The God-King of the Universe" (both of them) didn't keep trying to convince everyone else that he was.

Obama sure ain't no Trump...
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...onnors-british-family-ice-vacation-detention/ This is a very disturbing incident and is exactly what makes me ashamed to call myself an American. I get it though, this is the type of stuff that gives all of the authoritarian hard ass douche-bags hard on's.

Are you proposing we return all illegal entries straight back through to the other side of whatever border they just crossed?

That is, after all, what the article you posted argues for...
 
What's the big deal?
Being a low life scumbag is a big deal and advertising it to the world is shameful. They came into the country illegally and were arrested. We arrest illegal immigrants all the time.

You can always immigrate, if you hate us so much.
No that is not the answer, changing and sidelining assholes is the answer.
 
Being a low life scumbag is a big deal and advertising it to the world is shameful.

Is that an "anti-Trump" comment?

They came into the country illegally ...

Not if you don't believe the actual evidence they didn't.

... and were arrested.

And, if you believe the actual evidence, rightly so.

We arrest illegal immigrants all the time.

Indeed, and so what if some of those "illegal immigrants" are actually natural-born American citizens.

No that is not the answer, changing and sidelining assholes is the answer.

Is that an "anti-Trump" comment?
 
No thanks. We have 536 dumbasses of our own as it is. One more wont really improve our situation.

Well, I wouldn't want to say "536", but, of the ELECTED dumbasses the US government does have (and that are running for re-election) the historical statistics say that 90% of them will be reelected by the -dumbasses- wise, informed, educated, and impartial voters who are only interested in having the best possible people elected but who are not running for office.
 
Well, I wouldn't want to say "536", but, of the ELECTED dumbasses the US government does have (and that are running for re-election) the historical statistics say that 90% of them will be reelected by the -dumbasses- wise, informed, educated, and impartial voters who are only interested in having the best possible people elected but who are not running for office.

Everyone hates Congress...except their own representatives of course.


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Everyone hates Congress...except their own representatives of course.


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Yep. There is a strong "I voted for the only honest member of the __[fill in the blank]__." thread in the US (and in just about every other country as well).

After all, you can't REALLY expect anyone to go around thinking "Well, sure my __[fill in the blank]__ is an ignorant, bigoted, uninformed, self-serving SOB whose main interest is getting themselves re-elected so that they can latch onto lots and lots of money AND I DON'T CARE." can you?
 
They were all allegedly drunk and floated over the border. We do have that agreement with the U.K. All you need is a passport. Didn’t help this family. We don’t know why they were grabbed and detained rather than turned around.

They attempted to turn them around, Canadian Authorities refused to admit them back into Canada. That means arrest and processing for deportation back to the UK
 
So does that. ;)

But I'm glad you are for big government that takes people who are caught on the border, and instead of sorting it out and sending them back to where they are originally from, flies them to questionable for-profit detention centers that makes millions to detain people and children.

Are you this dense?

They are not citizens of Canada, they have no right to enter Canada, nor do they have a right to enter the US. They illegally drove over the border, carrying goods requiring declaration, the Canadians refused to re-admit them.

There is nowhere on this border section where a road crosses over the border without a customs and immigration post. I have crossed the border at all road boundaries in this area. ALL OF THEM are well signed, large facilities in urban areas. They drove over a ditch away from a border post into the US, they were detained, the Canadians would not re-admit them. They cannot be legally admitted to the US.

The status of the detention facility is irrelevant. It is a lawful facility operated by a government contractor. Conditions are objectively better then 99.999% of all incarcerations in human history and therefore there is no valid basis to object
 
I love this time article, talk about fake news

British Family Detained After Driving Across U.S. Border | Time

Comment 1)

Their immigration advocate called CBP’s accurate statement of facts “character assasination” well I won’t say the parents of this family are lying illegal alien degenerate scumbags according to border officials in two different countries, ill just say... well that.

Comment 2) you’re traumatized from two weeks in an American immigration detention facility?

What a bunch of ******s. It’s a good thing Brits weren’t that lame 70 years ago or they’d be complaining in German
 
As a figurehead... legally speaking England gets no say in what happens in Commonwealth nations...

Although interestingly enough the British Parliament still had to approve Canadian constitutional changes until the Canada Act of 1982
 
Although interestingly enough the British Parliament still had to approve Canadian constitutional changes until the Canada Act of 1982

Quite right.

Not only that, but that fact was of about as much actual importance as the name of the team that came fourth in the East Cupcake Little League playoffs of 1967.

Hell, it took the government of Canada around 100 years before it figured out what the actual name of the country was and Canada had to buy the copyright to its national anthem from the private individual who owned it.

Is Canadian history bizarre? Damn straight it is, and those of us who know it really like it that way.
 
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