Pot users not allowed into USA from Canada
Tuesday the L.A. Times had a "Boo Hoo Poor Me" article regarding a Canadian who answered yes when asked by US customs if he had ever smoked pot, he was denied entrance. Canada is about to legalize po...
Forum Discussion
Walaby wrote:
I am NOT okay with a country establishing a criminal record for a citizen of another country, based on a crime that individual committed in the country of his citizenship, JUST BECAUSE the country decides they don't like how the country where the crime was committed punished the offender.
MDKMDK says that a US citizen with a DUI, by default HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD in Canada. That is my problem with it.
Mike
It’s seems you’ve misunderstood what was said.
An American with a DUI conviction in the US does NOT get a criminal record in Canada, but neither does their criminal record GO AWAY when they cross, or attempt to cross, the border.
What is different is that US convictions are considered based on what the penalty would have been if they had committed that offence in Canada.
This is really no different than the point of the OP, a Canadian shows up at the border and admits to have been breaking the law in Canada and the border guard decides the person isn’t of sufficient moral character to be admitted into the US. The Canadian is then being judged for his behaviour in Canada but by US standards.
