Next time, fly to Mexico first, then walk in...

A travesty of justice occurred at this year’s New Orleans Investment Conference. One of the speakers, a veteran Canadian investment writer, who has presented at the event almost every year since the 1970s, was denied entrance into the United States because he didn’t have a “work permit” to give a speech in America.

When questioned by U.S. immigration officials before taking his flight in Toronto, he was asked about the purpose of his visit to America. The man said, “To give a speech in New Orleans.” Then they asked if he would be compensated for the speech, and he said “yes.” The U.S. immigration officials at the airport insisted that he needed a “work visa” to be a paid speaker in the United States. Therefore, the Canadian speaker was denied boarding onto the airplane to New Orleans, even though he was traveling first class and had a NEXUS travel card, which identifies card holders at border crossings by having them undergo a retinal recognition scan.

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... The oil moved through the Keystone pipeline alone would be the equivalent of adding as much as 27 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year according to a State Department environmental assessment, or 5.5 million cars on the road.

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