Sign the Petition to Ban ICE from Operating in Canada
Hello, fellow Canadians! Time to step up to the plate
We here in the North see what’s going on down south. We don’t care for it.
Concentration camps, murder and abuse of civilians at the hands of government thugs, the obliteration of basic social security like medical care access and food aid, to say nothing of the blatant discrimination and sexism on display.
Canadians are not fools. At least most of us aren’t. And we have no interest in inviting that same kind of brutality to step onto our lands and turn its ire onto us — especially not with the U.S. government’s repeated threats to make us the ‘51st State.’
They’re back on that bullshit after the Olympics, by the way. More U.S. lawmakers are sneering at us, talking down to us, and insulting our country and our sovereignty than ever before.
Talk about sore winners. It’s disgusting, childish conduct from elected officials who, frankly, have no business having power over anybody.
Much less people from an entirely different, independent country.
That said, there are some Canadians who are showing their colours, including a little bit of blue with the red and white. There are companies here that are funding and supplying the ICE thugs down south, and profiting off of their evil.
Now, that is clearly immoral, unethical, and twisted. I know I’m repulsed by it, and I’m sure I’m not alone.
In fact, I know I’m not. Because there’s a petition making the rounds right now that’s trying to put a stop to it.
Petition e-7146 is currently active, and includes requests to not only cut contracts by Canadian companies working with ICE, but to ban ICE agents from operating in Canada at all — and yes, they currently are. In a very limited capacity, but they’re here nonetheless.
That needs to stop.
So, please, fellow Canadians; click this link to sign the petition, and share the link to this story so we can get the word out. The more signatures, the stronger our demand, and the more the powers that be have to stop and listen.
Fuck Trump, fuck ICE, elbows up!
Solidarity wins.
I have a question. Let me assume that ICE agents are not wandering the streets in Canada, kidnapping people, and sending them to God knows where.
Let’s instead assume that they are at ports of entry. If I went to a border crossing, I can be denied entry to the USA.
However, because I am attempting to cross the border at that point it is conceivable that an ICE agent could decide to detain me, throw me in jail and send me to whatever prison camp they want to. To my Simple Mind, that would seem to be a very bad situation. So my approach is simply to never travel to the United States again!
And here is where my question is. Let’s say that I have decided I MUST visit the United States and fly to California. I pick California randomly it could be anywhere. I’m just leaving from Canada and flying to the United States.
I assume that it would be the people checking out who I am at the airport who decide whether or not I’m allowed to go to the USA. I make this assumption because they have American border patrol people at the Vancouver International Airport. So yes, they are, American agents… But they’re on Canadian soil. And if they say I’m not allowed into the USA, I’m still in Canada so I might lose my plane ticket, but at least I don’t get captured and thrown into a prison camp.
I’m assuming that the people who would be checking whether I’m allowed to go to the United States or not would be the American border guards at the airport. It would be really bad if they know that I should not travel to the United States, but let me get on the airplane anyway, only so they can arrest me once I arrive in California! Yes, that would be perverse, but it would boost their numbers of detained people showing how wonderfully secure the border is due to all of these silly rules.
Given that scenario is pre-clearance at an airport in Canada a good thing or a bad thing?
Note that this is a hypothetical situation,, because quite frankly, I have no desire to ever visit the USA again.
As I am not Canadian I am choosing BOT to sign in part because if a "foreigner" signs a person in the US it voids the petition. I hope you understand