Another recent article this time by CBC highlights the continued difficulties many people endure when travelling to the US from Canada. Four men of Turkish decent (3 of them Canadian citizens) were held and questioned for 6 hours at the Peace Bridge border crossing in Fort Erie before being refused entry to the US. Two of the men work full-time, one owns a business and one is a student. All of the men are well educated and they all own homes in Toronto. So why were they denied entry? According to Guidy Mamann, an immigration lawyer quoted in the article, racial profiling at the border is not new: "The idea that immigration officers don't racially profile is nonsense," he said. "No matter how unsettling or intimidating, that type of questioning is perfectly legal." During the questioning the men held in separate rooms were asked about the war in Syria, fingerprinted and photographed. Ultimately the men say they were told the officers didn't believe t...