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Originally Posted by CDSmith
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/...nt_kept_o.html
OWOSSO, Mich. -- A mid-Michigan woman says she was denied entry into Canada because she is on welfare.
Rose Kelley of Owosso says she has filed a discrimination complaint with the Canada Border Services Agency over its refusal to let her and her two children cross the border via the Blue Water Bridge connecting Port Huron with Sarnia, Ontario.
The 25-year-old Kelley tells The Argus-Press of Owosso that she planned to visit friends and relatives when she arrived at the border May 1. She says she was told to furnish evidence of citizenship, financial support and other documentation, but was denied entry again on May 3.
Kelley says she was told she didn't make enough money and people on welfare shouldn't take vacations.
Do you think Canada Customs officers did the right thing? Should someone be denied entry into the US or Canada because they're on welfare?
Some might say yes. When you're on welfare you should have to give up certain luxuries like... taking trips to other countries to spend your welfare cheques.
Yay or nay?
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The right to travel freely is a CIVIL RIGHT.
Now ask yourself if you can put a price tag on a civil right and have it still be a right or
even civil.
If it's only
right if you have the
right amount of money then that's capitalism which
has nothing at all to do with civil rights.
Hint : It will not be a "capital rights" law suit that she will win when she wins.