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Woman denied entry to US due to private medical file
Sun Dec 01, 2013 4:03 am
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Disabled Woman Denied Entry to U.S. After Agent Cites [/center]
[center]Supposedly Private Medical Details[/center]
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A Toronto woman is shocked after she was denied entry into the U.S. because[/center]
[center]she had been hospitalized for clinical depression.[/center]
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by Valerie Hauch News reporter[/center]
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Ellen Richardson went to Pearson Airport on Monday full of joy about flying to New York City and from there going on a 10-day Caribbean cruise for which she paid about $6,000. But a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent with the Department of Homeland Security killed that dream when he denied her entry.
"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 . . .[/indent]
[indent=1]Richardson said she had no discussion whatsoever with the agent at the airport about her medical history or background. A personal relationship breakup in 2012 caused her clinical depression and hospitalization (there was no police involvement) . . .[/indent]
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