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Disabled Woman Denied Entrance To US Due To Private Medical Records

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-trip-for-you dept.

Jah-Wren Ryel writes "In 2012, Canadian Ellen Richardson was hospitalized for clinical depression. This past Monday she tried to board a plane to New York for a $6,000 Caribbean cruise. DHS denied her entry, citing supposedly private medical records listing her hospitalization. From the story: '“I was turned away, I was told, because I had a hospitalization in the summer of 2012 for clinical depression,’’ said Richardson, who is a paraplegic and set up her cruise in collaboration with a March of Dimes group of about 12 others.'"

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  1. Re:very understandable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Number of Americans killed by Americans with handguns: 30,000+ (thirty thousand) EACH AND EVERY year.
    Source : CDC.