So here is a total account of what happened to me on Friday morning till early afternoon as I tried to go to Detroit Michigan to go shopping and hit the gay bars in the evening for a little fun.
I left the house here in Windsor around 11am, and went to the duty free shop, bought some vodka and a box of 25 Cuban cigars for my husband.
Matt and I had been texting back and forth and he made a joke in one text how he could see the jeep at duty free, that text will come back to haunt me later.
I got through the tunnel rather quick and the line up was short at the border, in fact only three cars in front of me, when I got to the crossing, this woman was working and quite a tiny pretty little thing, or at least I thought so, didn't realize she was a power tripping bitch with a vendetta.
She asked if I was bringing anything and as she did this my phone went off and I went to shut it off but it played over the radio and she heard Matt. She then said who is that, I said my husband and she then asked if I was bringing anything across today so I told her what I bought at duty free, a bottle of vodka and a box of cigars for my husband.
She then stickered my car and told me I had to go to secondary supposedly because the cigars were Cuban. Weird!
I pulled up to secondary and the guard asked why I was there, I told him, because I bought a box of cigars at duty free, he looked at me and said that's weird you're allowed 50 cigars. I thought it to be strange as well.
So it is now about 11:30 am and I was told shut off my car, leave all electronics inside and leave the keys on the dash. I was cooperative and did so and proceeded inside. I signed in and the Border guard called me up within seconds, I thought great, I will pay tax or whatever on the cigars and be on my way.
Immediately he yelled at me as I explained to him and said I bought cigars for my husband to take back home with me and I thought I was allowed to do so, he said that they had to check because they are Cuban cigars and this is all new to him and I may have to pay tax because they were purchased at duty free. He was very demeaning and rude.
He would call me up and ask a question and then tell me to go and sit in my chair, then call me up again and ask more questions and then tell me to go back to my chair, this went on for over an hour.
Then he and another guard asked me to follow them, I thought okay, this is all done, boy was I wrong.
They took me into the back area and put me in a cell , had me take off my jacket, my shoes and belt, undo my jeans and open them up , lift my tshirt and stand against a wall with my hands against it and my legs spread, telling me to make sure I do not move at all. While one of them frisked me , looking for god knows what the other went through every pocket, and my wallet, pulling everything out and inside out.
They frisked and grabbed every inch of my body, took note of my tattoos and touched every part of me from in between my toes to my crotch, ass and armpits. It was so invasive and degrading in every way. When they were done they told me to get dressed. They escorted me back out to the front area where I was told to sit in my chair again.
As I was going through all this inside ,I was totally unaware of what they were doing outside in my jeep, they went through the glove box, the center console, dumped my manbag and empitied it onto the front seat, went through my cellphone and tablet and invaded my privacy completely. Dumped my overnight bag onto the bag seat, went through my pill bottles, my cigarette package, even my ashtray.
I was inside and didn't even know this was happening. I guess Matt had texted me a couple more times while this went on, well then the questions started about who is Matt and who is this person and who is that and are you meeting anyone , what is your real point to visit the USA.
I was confused and nervous now and didn't know what to say anymore at this point, I answered truthfully and told them Matt is my husband and yes I have friends in Detroit who I have talked to and text to see about the gay bars and which was going to be the best suited for me to go to. I never knew any of this was a crime.
Here I am being drilled for information and I had nothing to give. They told me to go and sit down again, so |I complied and did so, ten minutes later I am now following three guards to the back area again and am confused, all three of them asking the same question in a private area which I had just answered out front.
I told the guard that I think I am being profiled because I am gay, he said I can assure you this is not the case. After I said this they took me back out front again and told me to sit down. They called me back up about 15 minutes later and said they were withdrawing my application to enter the USA.
Then they fingerprinted me, took my picture and a copy of my licence and passport which I hadny seen in the two hours I was there.
I said fine, and the officer walked out and said he would release my id and wallet to me once I was turned around. I had to go out to my jeep, threw my clothes back in the suitcase quickly, put everything back in my man bag and close the hood and back door up on the jeep. Followed the border officer and when I got to the toll gate he put and white paper under my windshield wiper and gave me back my wallet and passport and said that now I can leave.
It was so humiliating as I driving back through the tunnel to Canada I was crying, I got to the Canadian side and the guard was so nice, he could not understand why I was pulled in, asked me to go to secondary quickly and give them the piece of paper off my window, I never even got to see what this said.
They let me go and the Canadian Border Patrol said they were so sorry for what happened to me .
Let me just say this in Closing, in the over 2 hours I was in the USA secondary, not once did I see anyone who wasn't black or brown with the exception of my self and 6 Asian people. It was so demeaning to see this and feel like a target just because of my sexual preference.
These guards intimidated me, invaded my life and my privacy , all for nothing.
The UNITED STATES sucks and is a horrible place with a dictator in charge. Matthew and I travel quite a bit and I have never been treated so badly as I was by the USA.
I HAVE VOWED TO NEVER STEP FOOT IN THAT HELL HOLE AGAIN AND I WILL KEEP THIS AS MY WORD.
The Republican Party is nothing more than a dictatorship trying to hide in a so called democracy. I do not feel what happened to me was fair in anyway and if you are going to go through someones personal belonging, clothes and vehicle , they should be able to be present and see what the hell you are doing.
Well I know this is longwinded but that's the whole story.
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