[news] Vancouver: Mexicans Denied Entry to Canada for 'Looking Poor'

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Under the criteria of appearance, Canadian immigration authorities denied entry to three Mexicans who were trying to enter the country as tourists, because "they didn't appear to have money and looked very poor"...The co-nationals suffered humiliation during more than 24 hours...[The] authorities did strip searches...at least four times and then took them to the Vancouver police headquarters...where they were handcuffed, booked and detained. 

  


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