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A Canadian arrived in the United States of America by virtual drowning this weekend. Now he is an Immigration Detention Centre until.....
According to the Toronto Star www.thestar.com Jason Haist was navigating the lower portion of the Niagara River on his Jet Ski when he went under water and almost drowned.
The issue to the US Border Patrol is that he entered the USA illegally and if he ever wants to visit the States again within the next five years he must remain in custody until a USA Immigration Judge orders some common sense.
Mr. Haist can go home voluntarily but that means he can not enter the States again for five years.
Common Sense and Justice are sometimes two totally different things.
Roy
www.cvimmigration.com
[25-08-2008,09:23]
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Roy |
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(in reply to: Common Sense "NOT")
Mr. Haist is a canadian citizen and he was able to enter USA without any trouble so why would he use illegal ways to enter USA. Could you please tell this to US authorities, if he by mistake has risked his life then now please spare his life as there is no need for him to enter USA through Niagara river when he is able to cross rainbow bridge without any probelm at all with Canadian passport. I agree that common sense is an opposite of justice, no doubt!
[25-08-2008,11:25]
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Mike |
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Common sense is not common practice.
Cheers
Bill
[25-08-2008,11:38]
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Bill |
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Common sense is not very common. Hope this rare thing will get common some day!
[25-08-2008,14:57]
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Mike |
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COMMON SENSE OR MEDIA ATTENTION?
Toronto cousins regret touching U.S. soil
Released after 2 days in immigration holding cell, men face hearing that could bar re-entry for 5 years
Aug 26, 2008 04:30 AM
Robyn Doolittle
STAFF REPORTER
In hindsight, it wasn´t the best move to stop on Yankee soil and empty out a waterlogged jet ski, admitted Jason Haist, who spent two days locked in an American detention facility after washing up on the wrong side of the Niagara River.
But what choice did he have?
His cousin Edward´s Sea-Doo had flipped over in the turbulent river and had taken on water. They hauled the craft over to the American side, and spent "two seconds" emptying it with cups, he said.
"We were at the bottom of a 15-storey hill; you could not climb up there if you tried. We weren´t even docked," said Haist. "And we really weren´t sure what side we were on."
That stop landed the 28-year-old and his cousin, 21, in jail, said A.J. Price, an agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
They were released from a Batavia, N.Y., detention centre yesterday on a promise to appear. "It´s been pandemonium. It´s been so crazy. A simple day of Sea-Dooing, just a regular guy, turned into `we´re inmates,´" said Haist.
Haist and his cousin, both of Toronto, are frequent jet skiers on Lake Ontario, but not as experienced with the strong undercurrents typical of the Niagara River.
Despite the Sea-Doo flip they thought they were getting the hang of the rough waters. Around 8 p.m. Saturday, Haist was knocked off the jet ski. He doesn´t remember much. The Coast Guard pulled him out and he was taken to hospital, unconscious with lungs full of water.
"Then at 10 p.m., I´m lying in my hospital bed and Eddy calls me ... He goes `we´re going to jail.´ I´m like, `what?´ I have tubes down my throat." Discharged about 3 a.m., Haist was promptly arrested.
"We were like, totally freaking-out ... Eddy´s still wearing his wet suit. There´s a cold, hard floor and one blanket," he said. "We wouldn´t believe this was happening."
Haist called his girlfriend. "I said, `you´ve got to call the radio and newspapers ... They´re talking about holding us here for months.´"
By yesterday morning, officials had changed their tune.
"They kind of just said to me, `today the media´s all involved in this.´ We got the Canadian consulate people calling, get your stuff and get out of here," said Haist, who returned home. Price says the men never "washed up" on U.S. soil.
"That´s a big misconception. They swam to shore, and that was after the accident," the agent said. "And that is not the only landfall (coming ashore on the American side) they made that day and that is why they´re in removal proceedings."
It may be more than two weeks before the Haists see a judge and plead their case. They could be barred from entering the United States for as long as five years.
[26-08-2008,08:03]
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Roy |
Full Blown Morons (in reply to: Common Sense "NOT")
These Haist guys are complete idiots, the border people should throw them in jail for a few years just for being idiots, and the rest of stupid people suggesting they "did nothing wrong" are just as stupid.
[26-08-2008,11:45]
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