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RSS FeedsU.S. border ban on Canadian cannabis workers lifted
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

11 october 2018 20:31:40

 
U.S. border ban on Canadian cannabis workers lifted
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


VANCOUVER—Canadians who work in the domestic cannabis industry will be allowed free item to the United States according to an update made quietly on Tuesday to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s policy on cannabis and the border.The update came with little fanfare but it indicates an enormous shift in a policy stance that had generated fears that thousands of legally employed Canadians would be banned from the U.S. for life post-legalization. “A Canadian citizen working in or facilitating the proliferation of the legal marijuana industry in Canada, coming to the U.S. for reasons unrelated to the marijuana industry will generally be admissible to the U.S.,” the updated statement reads.Canadian businesspeople or investors with ties to the American cannabis industry will still risk inadmissibility if those links are made apparent to CBP officers. Likewise, Canadians with criminal histories related to pre-legalization cannabis — or those who have admitted past cannabis use to CBP officers — will still be eligible for border bans.But Blaine, Wash.-based immigration lawyer Len Saunders said this change is an enormous win for Canadians.“As Donald Trump would say, ‘This is huge,’ ” he said in an interview Thursday morning. Read more:U.S. congressman’s bid to lift lifetime bans on Canadian cannabis workers hinges on mid-terms, say policy expertsMeet the B.C. man who has been banned from the U.S. for 40 years because of a cannabis fineFrom pot to privacy: What we know and don’t know about crossing the Canada-U.S. borderBut Saunders cautioned that what may actually happen after legalization is still unknown. Whether the CBP will perform the same about-face for Canadian cannabis users remains to be seen, he said. Nevertheless, he added, for both the Canadian government and for those Canadians who have been fearful of travelling south because of their association with legal activities in Canada, th ...


 
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