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The Horny Goat wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:54:53 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
In the there ain't no justice department, the Father started the drug
business out of his car dealership, selling oxy and hydromorphone.
Johnny, who depended on his father, was brought in when daddy couldn't
be at the shop. Daddy, who is not mentally challenged, had no trouble
passing the citizenship exams, and hence was not deported - though his
crime was more serious - because he's now a good American citizen. I
suspect that a decent lawyer could have got Johnny off on diminished
responsibility. He had no prior record of arrests.
Surprised you didn't run across these stories. They got a certain
amount of play in the Canadian media.
Hmmm. While I understand what you said above no I didn't hear about
these stories in the Canadian media I read. I >have< heard about the
child of naturalized Canadians who was denied citizenship for similar
reasons - though the child in question was female.
Deportation due to a drug conviction is not new, though, and anyone who
is compos mentis should know of it.
A family friend moved to California after losing his job in the AVRO cancellation. He brought along his two year old son, who became a
skilled worker, but did not get US citizenship. So when he was caught
with some marijuana, back to Canada he went - but they didn't hold him
in jail for more than a month. He just went when told to. Luckily he
landed in June, so the kids weren't thrown right away into winter.
A friend and his brother wanted to visit their father, an American
citizen living in central America. But all flights stop in the US, and
they couldn't get on one because the brother had a 30 year old
conviction for dealing marijuana. Again, though, they just stopped him
from entering the US. He wasn't detained.
Both stories ended happily, and nobody died. Those were more civilized
times.
William Hyde
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