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AZJonnie

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20. Seems like there's reasons wherein it was correct to deport the husband

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:59 AM

10 hrs ago

But not the wife, and more importantly why were they held captive for SIX FUCKING WEEKS?!?

How is there ANY possible valid excuse for that? They should've both been on a plane back to their home country the next day.

Also are we sure Canada rejected THEM, or just the car they wanted to drive in, leading them back into the corrupt clutches of CBP as they sought to get the proper paperwork to drive the car in or make other transport arrangements?

Also UK citizens don't need a visa to drive into Canada and can stay for up to 6 months (though I don't think they can work there legally). Seems possible they waited til like the last day the husbands US visa was valid (or maybe overstayed a little bit as they traveled to leave), tried to drive into CA, not expecting a problem getting in cause UK citizens are basically automatically allowed in.

What they might've done is leave the hubby inside CA at a motel while she drove back with her valid US visa to try to get whatever auth she needed to drive the car into CA.

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Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. [View all] yaesu 12 hrs ago OP

Kick dalton99a 12 hrs ago #1

To effectively terrorize people, punishment needs to be unpredictable and arbitrary. Girard442 12 hrs ago #2

+1 dalton99a 12 hrs ago #3

+1 leftstreet 11 hrs ago #8

She should have a gigantic lawsuit in the works. oasis 12 hrs ago #4

My guess is edhopper 10 hrs ago #17

Thanks for posting this. Hope22 12 hrs ago #5

It's weird Canada rejected them and it reads that the husbands work visa had already expired. Melon 11 hrs ago #10

Much safer to have flown home from Canada. Hope22 11 hrs ago #11

Canada denied them entry. Melon 11 hrs ago #12

I understand.... Hope22 8 hrs ago #26

The 'reason' is because the ICE goons get a big bonus for incarcerating people travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #14

There was no releasing them when they signed a contract to deport Melon 10 hrs ago #16

Seems like there's reasons wherein it was correct to deport the husband AZJonnie 10 hrs ago #20

Yep....6 weeks is horrible. Melon 10 hrs ago #21

I thought it said they didn't have the right paperwork to bring the car ToxMarz 10 hrs ago #22

Being in Southern California, whenever I rent a car - haele 9 hrs ago #23

I'll post in the full heading. You can't enter canada Melon 9 hrs ago #24

No one from another country should risk traveling to the US today. Lonestarblue 12 hrs ago #6

Do not travel here! Johnny2X2X 11 hrs ago #7

Excellent examples in this article of why wnylib 11 hrs ago #9

Got to increase those profit margins increasing-it is the middle class paying for this not the wealthy Stargazer99 11 hrs ago #13

Wow! You just can't buy PR like this in the runup to the World Cup!!!! hatrack 11 hrs ago #15

Bonus per detainee, ICE buying warehouses from Russian owners for 4-5x their value to house NoMoreRepugs 10 hrs ago #18

unbelievable waste of money mountain grammy 10 hrs ago #19

You can't enter Canada without having left the US with legal documents Melon 9 hrs ago #25