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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,332 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:52 PM Monday

Canadian Family have lived in the US for 4 years. After vacation, US Border control refused their reentry

A Canadian family who left Massachusetts for a weekend skiing trip to Quebec is now stranded in Ottawa after being denied re-entry into the United States at two separate border crossings. CTV's Katelyn Wilson reports that Michael Freeze, his wife Cinthya and their three children have been staying at a house in Kanata for nearly a month while exploring options to return to their home on Martha's Vineyard.

Michael, originally from Alberta, held a TN visa allowing him to work as a construction consultant in the United States, but border officers denied his re-entry application on two occasions, first at a Quebec crossing and then at an Ontario crossing with updated paperwork. Immigration lawyer Jeremy Richards of Richards and Jurusik says border officers have been exercising less discretion under the current U.S. administration.

The family's community in Martha's Vineyard has begun fundraising to support them. Michael says he is exploring options including applying for new jobs or returning to school while the family waits for a resolution.

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Canadian Family have lived in the US for 4 years. After vacation, US Border control refused their reentry (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday OP
Ohh, what made them think there Cha Monday #1
Clearly they are COL Mustard Monday #4
💔☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜 Cha Monday #5
The worst of the worse 🙃 Deuxcents Monday #2
At least they are stuck in Canada and not LisaL Monday #3
+1 area51 Monday #7
No they won't Fiendish Thingy Monday #9
Most people would jump at that BWdem4life Yesterday #12
his job is in the US BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #10
At this time I wouldn't think anyone would assume they can go freely back and forth across any border ToxMarz Monday #6
yes! scary times BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #11
My understanding is his TN visa had expired Fiendish Thingy Monday #8

Cha

(319,246 posts)
1. Ohh, what made them think there
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:08 PM
Monday

would be No Problem with Stephen Miller's Psycho Squad?

Can you imagine the Trauma! Thank Goodness the Martha's Vineyard Community is Helping them OUT!

Cha

(319,246 posts)
5. 💔☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 10:12 PM
Monday

America's 21st Century Brown Shirts.

Hitler's Brown Shirts, known as the Sturmabteilung (SA), were a paramilitary organization that played a crucial role in the Nazi Party's rise to power through violent intimidation and protection of party events.

LisaL

(47,437 posts)
3. At least they are stuck in Canada and not
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:50 PM
Monday

in Alligator Alcatraz. If I were them, I would happily stay in Canada.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,316 posts)
9. No they won't
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 11:32 PM
Monday

You have to be a resident of a province for 90 days before your health coverage kicks in.

BWdem4life

(3,014 posts)
12. Most people would jump at that
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 12:36 AM
Yesterday

After living 90 days in the same place you get health care? Count me in!

ToxMarz

(2,950 posts)
6. At this time I wouldn't think anyone would assume they can go freely back and forth across any border
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 10:40 PM
Monday

as a non citizen no matter what paperwork or status you have. I would be wary even as a citizen.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,316 posts)
8. My understanding is his TN visa had expired
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 11:31 PM
Monday

He knew it had it expired, and thought he could just renew it when reentering from Canada. (A naive assumption under this administration)

(I Read this from a Canadian news source over the weekend)

Frankly, if it had been the other way around, he probably would have been denied entry to Canada as well.

A similar thing happened to us several years ago - our PR cards had expired and there was a backlog in getting our new cards, so Immigration sent us a letter verifying there was a delay that wasn’t our fault - we had to show it at the border for months until our new cards came. Without that letter, we could have been denied entry even though our home our jobs were in Canada.

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