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Hundreds of Americans wash up illegally in Canada after river party
MSN Reuters ^ | August 22, 2016

Posted on 08/22/2016 3:15:26 PM PDT by SMGFan

About 1,500 Americans floating down a river that separates the United States from Canada had to be rescued from the water when strong rains and winds sent them illegally into Canadian territory, the country's coast guard said on Monday.

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1 posted on 08/22/2016 3:15:26 PM PDT by SMGFan
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Dayum. It is our turn. Maybe we can cross illegally into Canada now and get us some benefits!


2 posted on 08/22/2016 3:17:08 PM PDT by dforest
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A bunch of American wetbacks.


3 posted on 08/22/2016 3:19:49 PM PDT by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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Reminds me of one of my independent sales representavies. He would ask “What is an independent sales representative? It’s a corporate sales manager who washed up on the beach.”


4 posted on 08/22/2016 3:22:51 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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Some tried to swim back to the United States."We had to pull a lot of people out of the water and say 'no,'" Garapick said.

Holding them for ransom? Wonder how much Obama paid for their return.

5 posted on 08/22/2016 3:34:49 PM PDT by teacherwoes (Indoctrination is often done under the shadow of a gun)
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They should have held the beachhead and pressed on to Ottawa!
6 posted on 08/22/2016 3:42:32 PM PDT by sailor76 (GO TRUMP!!! Make America Great Again!)
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https://youtu.be/u01TBqj39YQ


7 posted on 08/22/2016 3:51:15 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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I am fine with Canada deporting these fools.

Perfectly fine with it.


8 posted on 08/22/2016 3:58:17 PM PDT by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: TheDon

Are they asking for asylum, looking for work Canadians won’t do?


9 posted on 08/22/2016 4:11:04 PM PDT by D Rider
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I lived in Grosse Ile, MI for a number of years. Prior to 9/11, you could boat over to Windsor, Boblo Island or Amherstburg and just call a Canadian Customs from a pay phone to get an authorization number to be in Canada. That was it!

After 9/11, you had a bunch more hoops to jump through but you still don’t have to declare arrival until you have touched ground. If Canadian Coast Guard picks you up then I would imagine “no harm no foul”.


10 posted on 08/22/2016 4:15:05 PM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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Doggone gringo wetbacks need to stay out of the Great White North!


11 posted on 08/22/2016 4:15:48 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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And they probably can’t speak Canadian either.


12 posted on 08/22/2016 4:21:21 PM PDT by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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A reminder to watch the movie NIAGARA with Marilyn Monroe.


13 posted on 08/22/2016 4:24:08 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Do they get free Tim Horton donuts?


14 posted on 08/22/2016 4:33:17 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: Bartholomew Roberts

Canada is practically the 51st (58th) state.


15 posted on 08/22/2016 4:34:37 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Bartholomew Roberts

Having grown up in Ottawa and having spent a lot of time in the Thousand Islands. I recall that when I was in my early twenties, you could go Boldt Castle on Heart Island, and walk around the property.

Eleven years ago, I was showing my old stomping grounds to my new Alberta wife, who had not been East of Regina. We took a Thousand Islands boat cruise, which landed on Heart Island. I was very surprised that they now had a Customs checkpoint on the island. Luckily for me, at that time, only a Canadian driver’s license and birth certificate were required. Now, a Passport is required for a Canadian to travel into the US, even a 2 hour visit to a tiny island in the middle of the St. Lawrence. And all this because of muhamedan lovers like BJ Clinton, G. W. Boosh and 0.00. How depressing!


16 posted on 08/22/2016 4:40:22 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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Took a fishing trip to Canada about 10 years ago...

Getting into Canada was pretty much easy peasy...

Quick check of passports and obviously a bunch of guys going fishing...all but waved us in...

Getting across the border coming back was little different...

Every passport was checked, scanned and given the once over...

eight older fat guys with fishing gear and body order...SMH


17 posted on 08/22/2016 4:42:09 PM PDT by Popman (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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"They were terrified of entering another country without documentation. No one carries their passport or any ID, and a lot were drinking alcohol,"

That may sound like an innocent statement but the fact is, Canadian border agents at both Windsor and the Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia are assholes and will go out of their way to harass Americans returning to the U.S. from Canada..........

Several years ago I was invited to play on a senior travel softball team in Detroit which plays against a Canadian team but I turned them down due to having either an "enhanced" drivers ID or a passport in order to get into Canada.........

18 posted on 08/22/2016 5:01:43 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
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So, according to Reuters, when you cross into Canada, it’s illegal. When you cross into America, it’s undocumented. Got it.


19 posted on 08/22/2016 5:05:45 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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As a side note, if you are an American fishing in Lake St. Clair and intend on fishing on the Canadian side, you not only have to have a valid Canadian fishing license but you and every one of your passengers MUST have either a valid enhanced Michigan drivers license or a passport.

In addition, once you cross into Canadian waters, you MUST call in to a registration center to let them know what you are doing, where you are going and who is in your party.......

20 posted on 08/22/2016 5:17:42 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
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