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In reply to the discussion: Canadian woman refused U.S. entry because of depression [View all]struggle4progress
(119,430 posts)The publisher of her 2008 book Hope for the Heavy Heart explicitly states in the advertising blurb: In her life, she had three near-fatal suicide attempts, one of which left her a paraplegic; see also #14
In 2012, she made yet another attempt at suicide, this time by self-poisoning; and a relative called emergency services; see #62
8 USC § 1182 excludes from admission to the US any person having a mental disorder and behavior associated with the disorder that renders a person a danger to self or others; this exclusion can sometimes be waived administratively, after applying for the waiver
Exclusion of Canadians from the US, due to a history of suicide attempts, is not unknown; see #7
Barry Swadron QC, a Toronto lawyer with 50 years experience at bar, who specializes in mental health law and who has been involved in several cases of suicide-attempt-history exclusions of Canadians from the US, has pointed out that data regarding any police interactions may appear in a CPIC database which the RCMP routinely shares with the FBI; see #66
An entirely coherent account can be given on this basis, without involving any imprper release of medical data: her relative's 2012 ambulance call eventually produced a CPIC entry documenting her fourth suicide attempt, which then routinely passed via RCMP to the FBI and thence to border control, triggering her exclusion under 8 USC § 1182. She is still free to file an administrative request for a waiver