(Globe and Mail) Canadian citizens born in Iran say they are routinely being stopped at the U.S. border and interrogated — and often not allowed to enter — as American authorities signal they are focusing their attention on preventing the entry of foreigners they characterize as a national-security threat.
Six Iranian Canadians have told the Globe and Mail that they have been prevented from entering the country on their Canadian passports since the election of Donald Trump. The Globe has also spoken to family members of Iranian Canadians who were stopped from entering the United States, as well as immigration lawyers contacted by Iranian-born Canadians who were turned away.
They said the treatment they receive at the border has become more aggressive, including being detained for hours for questioning, causing them to miss flights, as well as being fingerprinted.
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