Joe Sebok Barred From Canada Over Vandalism

[Seattleallstar]

also the fact Joe Sebok seemed to me a smart ass didnt work in his favor. You think with BG as your father and a UC Berkley education behind you, one would think you could cross into Canada with any problems

[Benal]

90% of the time, the Customs agents on the Canadian side don't even look at my ID.

Them: Where are you coming from?
Me: Casino.
Them: Have a nice day sir.

I always get the same questions on the American side:

- where are you going?
- how long will you be?
- where do you work?
- what do you do there?
- how long have you worked there?
- how much money on your person?
- is this your car?
- etc.. etc..

[Benny Foldem]

So is there any merit to the accusations against Joe about the trafficking of illegal immigrants (was it illegal Asians immigrant ladies for his pa ??? j/k ) No offense Barry, you know what they say, once you go Asian you never go Caucasian!
Or what about the drug charges?

Are those true or did they make them up? I personally don't care if Joe Sebok did those things, I'm more interested in knowing if the customs agent was just making [censored] up to stop Joe from getting into Canada...

benny

[mrkilla]

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Is this a new border policy? He says he was busted for his senior prank 12 years ago and they wouldnt let him in to cover a tournament.

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not new, any crime that they have in Canada that you have been busted for in the US can be grounds for denying entry. DWI, Minor Assault, Vandalism etc. Anything above a scoff that will show on your criminal record (something like possesion as long as it wasnt a MisD)

A lot of this stuff can be cleared off though but its a pain in the ass to do.

[gregorio]

You guys realize that he had the problems because he said he was covering the tournament,so they checked, and he didn't have the proper work permits. They checked the list the WPT submitted of people working the event, and JOe wasn't on it. Try getting into any country by telling them you are coming to work, and no you do not have a green card or work visa or any other documentation.

Oh, and there was the small matter of having something in his file about having smuggled drugs or illegal aliens across the border.

Yeah, it was the vandalism charge that got him banned.