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DHS Will Now Vet UK Air Passengers To Mexico, Canada, Cuba

Posted by timothy on from the so-very-giving-of-them dept.

First time accepted submitter illtud writes "From April, UK passengers flying to Mexico, Eastern Canada or Cuba will have to submit their details at least 72 hours before boarding to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for pre-flight vetting (as all passengers to the U.S. itself have had to do for a while). If they find against you, you're not getting on the plane, even though you're not going to the U.S. The Independent (UK quality newspaper) has the story."

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  1. April fools? by EmperorOfCanada · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If not April fools then I would love to see a US court enforce this. Canada and the UK are both sovereign countries. Poor US losing its influence now beating up the few countries that barely care about it.

  2. Re:America is Losing the Plot! by Liquidrage · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd like to thank the one person that voted it up before I get modd'd to holy hell. Been there before and yet I have great karma :)

    I'm just really sick of people from Europe throwing crap at America. The entire West is doing the same crap. Some of the most disgusting laws I've seen that erode "freedom" comes from Europe. And the entire West is screwing the Middle East just as much as the people there are screwing themselves.
    Per capita, we all (the West) have the same amount of selfish bastards eroding government and influencing legislation for greed. So stop acting like it's an American issue. It's not.Clean up your own hose. Vote in your own honest people for change. We all have the same issues.

    The Middle East is backed into a corner, and the US is FAR from alone putting it in that corner.