Canadian Family have lived in the US for 4 years. After vacation, US Border control refused their reentry

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

A Canadian family who left Massachusetts for a weekend skiing trip to Quebec is now stranded in Ottawa after being denied re-entry into the United States at two separate border crossings. CTV's Katelyn Wilson reports that Michael Freeze, his wife Cinthya and their three children have been staying at a house in Kanata for nearly a month while exploring options to return to their home on Martha's Vineyard.

Michael, originally from Alberta, held a TN visa allowing him to work as a construction consultant in the United States, but border officers denied his re-entry application on two occasions, first at a Quebec crossing and then at an Ontario crossing with updated paperwork. Immigration lawyer Jeremy Richards of Richards and Jurusik says border officers have been exercising less discretion under the current U.S. administration.

The family's community in Martha's Vineyard has begun fundraising to support them. Michael says he is exploring options including applying for new jobs or returning to school while the family waits for a resolution.

[Cha]

1. Ohh, what made them think there

would be No Problem with Stephen Miller's Psycho Squad?

Can you imagine the Trauma! Thank Goodness the Martha's Vineyard Community is Helping them OUT!

[COL Mustard]

4. Clearly they are

The worst of the worst.

[Cha]

5. 💔☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜

America's 21st Century Brown Shirts.

Hitler's Brown Shirts, known as the Sturmabteilung (SA), were a paramilitary organization that played a crucial role in the Nazi Party's rise to power through violent intimidation and protection of party events.

[Deuxcents]

2. The worst of the worse 🙃

[LisaL]

3. At least they are stuck in Canada and not

in Alligator Alcatraz. If I were them, I would happily stay in Canada.

[area51]

7. +1

At least they'll get universal healthcare in Canada.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. No they won't

You have to be a resident of a province for 90 days before your health coverage kicks in.

[BWdem4life]

12. Most people would jump at that

After living 90 days in the same place you get health care? Count me in!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

10. his job is in the US

[ToxMarz]

6. At this time I wouldn't think anyone would assume they can go freely back and forth across any border

as a non citizen no matter what paperwork or status you have. I would be wary even as a citizen.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

11. yes! scary times

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. My understanding is his TN visa had expired

He knew it had it expired, and thought he could just renew it when reentering from Canada. (A naive assumption under this administration)

(I Read this from a Canadian news source over the weekend)

Frankly, if it had been the other way around, he probably would have been denied entry to Canada as well.

A similar thing happened to us several years ago - our PR cards had expired and there was a backlog in getting our new cards, so Immigration sent us a letter verifying there was a delay that wasn’t our fault - we had to show it at the border for months until our new cards came. Without that letter, we could have been denied entry even though our home our jobs were in Canada.