Disabled Woman Denied Entrance To US Due To Private Medical Records

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 28, 2013 @07:02PM 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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Re:Umm, what? by weilawei · 2013-11-28 21:24 · Score: 1, Troll

Really, which other shill modded this down, or are you using sockpuppet accounts? The US government has a long history of repeatedly violating its own laws when bureaucrats or internal agency representatives feel justified in doing it. The government IS the people it is made up of. They utilize their brains to make decisions. When the pressure is too much, they burn their own to save their asses. This is not the rule of law, this is the rule of "don't get caught".