iStock/Thinkstock(LACOLLE, Canada) — A number of Canadians travelling to the massive women’s rights rally in Washington were turned away at the border according to BBC News. Some say they were questioned before being allowed into the country.
Sasha Dyck, who was heading to Washington D.C., told the BBC that US officials stopped him and seven others who were crossing between Quebec and New York state. Dyck alleges he was fingerprinted, photographed, and had his phones confiscated and was asked they be unlocked and was then told to go “back to Canada.”
BBC reports Joseph Decunha from Montreal he was turned away at the Lacolle crossing point after he expressed he, his partner, and his friend “were quite vehemently anti-(Trump).”
US Customs and Border Protection told BBC News it was not at liberty to discuss individual cases.
Hundreds of Canadians travelled into the United States to participate in rallies while thousands of others are taking part in companion rallies across Canadian cities.
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