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Canadian citizen stopped at the Vermont border, and told she needed an immigrant visa to enter the country.
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Jeff Lagerquist, ctvnews.ca
Published Monday, March 6, 2017 4:13PM EST
Last Updated Monday, March 6, 2017 7:57PM EST

A Canadian citizen says she was denied entry into the United States by border officials, who told her she needs to obtain an immigrant visa in order to cross.

Manpreet Kooner, 30, was born in the Montreal-area to parents who came to Canada from India in the 1960s. She and a group of friends were stopped at the Quebec-Vermont border on Sunday en route to a spa getaway.

“We gave in our passports and we were asked to come inside to be questioned,” she told CTV News.

Once inside, Kooner says he was singled out by U.S. officials, who questioned her for over five hours, taking her fingerprints and photograph while searching the vehicle they arrived in.

She says she found the incident bizarre given that she was travelling on a Canadian passport and has no criminal record.

“They made me sign a paper saying I’m not allowed to enter the states because I’m an immigrant travelling without an immigrant visa,” she said.

Kooner’s friends, whom she says were not asked additional questions, pleaded with U.S. officials, insisting she is indeed a Canadian citizen. That’s when she says a female border agent made a disturbing comment.

“She did say, ‘I know you may feel like you’ve been trumped,’” an apparent reference to U.S. President Donald Trump.