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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Cedella Roman, 19, was jogging along the beach in White Rock, just north of the border. After taking a photo, Roman had reportedly turned and started jogging north when two border patrol officers detained her.
The teenager, who was visiting her mother who lives in nearby North Delta, had not brought any ID with her for her jog, but still tried to explain the situation to the border patrol.
“I told him I had not done it on purpose, and that I didn’t understand what was happening,” Roman recalled, by saying she had not seen any warning signs.
Nevertheless, she was detained and transferred over 100 miles away to the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center, run by the Department of Homeland Security.
“They put me in the caged vehicles and brought me into their facility,” she said. “They asked me to remove all my personal belongings with my jewellery, they searched me everywhere.”
“Then I understood it was getting very serious, and I started to cry a bit,” Roman recounted.
“It was just unfair that there was nothing, no sign at the border,” said her mother. “It’s like a trap … anybody can be caught at the border like this.”
Sounds like an accident. Once they realized that she was not a threat, they should have let her go. Holding her for two weeks sounds unjust. If you are that incompetent that you can't tell that she was a teenager that crossed by accident in all of that time, you should be fired.
Sounds like an accident. Once they realized that she was not a threat, they should have let her go. Holding her for two weeks sounds unjust. If you are that incompetent that you can't tell that she was a teenager that crossed by accident in all of that time, you should be fired.
They could've just sent her back over the border. Instead, they cost taxpayers money.
Sounds like an accident. Once they realized that she was not a threat, they should have let her go. Holding her for two weeks sounds unjust. If you are that incompetent that you can't tell that she was a teenager that crossed by accident in all of that time, you should be fired.
Stop the presses, I agree with you!
The border is not clearly marked there, and everyone who is being so hard on this young woman should stop for a moment and think about it. It's pretty easy to make a mistake like this. Ever take a wrong turn while driving in an unfamiliar place, and end up somewhere you didn't intend to go? It seems like it would have been quite simple to verify her story without all this mess.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Cedella Roman, 19, was jogging along the beach in White Rock, just north of the border. After taking a photo, Roman had reportedly turned and started jogging north when two border patrol officers detained her.
The teenager, who was visiting her mother who lives in nearby North Delta, had not brought any ID with her for her jog, but still tried to explain the situation to the border patrol.
“I told him I had not done it on purpose, and that I didn’t understand what was happening,” Roman recalled, by saying she had not seen any warning signs.
Nevertheless, she was detained and transferred over 100 miles away to the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center, run by the Department of Homeland Security.
“They put me in the caged vehicles and brought me into their facility,” she said. “They asked me to remove all my personal belongings with my jewellery, they searched me everywhere.”
“Then I understood it was getting very serious, and I started to cry a bit,” Roman recounted.
“It was just unfair that there was nothing, no sign at the border,” said her mother. “It’s like a trap … anybody can be caught at the border like this.”
Read the article. And I doubt anyone here KNOWS how the border is marked and how it isn't but what I do know is that people aren't accidentley crossing the border while running on the beach regularly, this is the first time I've ever heard about it.
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Ferne said workers on site told her she had to present the documents to Immigration Canada to determine if Roman was eligible to be discharged back to Canada.
Roman was held in custody for two weeks before immigration officials on both sides of the border confirmed she was allowed back into Canada. Then she was transferred back into B.C.
Countries have rules about their borders and how people can enter/exit and under what circumstances. 2 weeks may seem like a long time but that's government bureaucracy for you.
Too bad Canada is so small and joggers are forced to straddle the border.
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