Sometimes Google ain't as simple as it looks

[bigmacbear]

I have spent entirely too much time tonight trying to find an article I read online some months ago. The gist of the story was that a US citizen of color was stopped coming back across the border from Canada, and the border agent got it into his head that this person's identification was forged, destroyed it, and refused him entry into the US. Apparently Canada was forced to process him as a refugee. Entreaties to the person's Congresscritter appeared to have borne no fruit, at least at the time of the article.

Anyone else remember this story? I'm having a great deal of difficulty finding it in Google or Google Groups. Or perhaps somebody out there has evidence it's an urban legend.

Either way, it would be good to know. Thanks much.

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[redcub.livejournal.com]

I tried a Yahoo! search using "Canadian citizen deported" and got back this link.

http://www.visalaw.com/03oct2/10oct203.html

Hope it helps.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

My daughter knows an American family who came to live in Canada when one of the parents got a job here. A year later they prepared to move back, sold their house here and drove to the border, only to find that the employer had not processed their emigration properly. The US had no record of their leaving the country and would not permit them to return. I haven't heard the outcome of their story.