reassured Canadian citizens and permanent residents<\/a> they would be able to travel to the U.S., amid\u00a0widespread\u00a0confusion around the impact of the executive order.\u00a0<\/p>\nNexus criteria completely discretionary, says lawyer<\/h2>\n
Immigration Minister\u00a0Ahmed\u00a0Hussen\u00a0said Sunday that the White House has given assurances that permanent residents of Canada can enter the U.S. provided they have a valid Canadian permanent resident card and passport from one of the seven affected countries. He didn’t mention the possible impact on Nexus memberships.<\/p>\n
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Cyndee Todgham Cherniak suspects the reason for the two men’s sudden revocations is likely that the U.S. executive order is being used to revisit the Nexus vetting process, something neither U.S. Customs and Border Patrol nor the Canadian Border Services Agency would confirm to CBC News. (CBC)<\/p>\n
In order to have a Nexus membership cancelled or revoked, a person would have to violate immigration or customs laws, provide false information or be unable to satisfy either CBP or its Canadian counterpart that they are “low-risk.”<\/p>\n
That’s something Toronto-based lawyer\u00a0Cyndee\u00a0Todgham\u00a0Cherniak\u00a0says is completely up to the agent.<\/p>\n
“Quite frankly the Americans take away Nexus cards for very discretionary reasons at times,”\u00a0Todgham\u00a0Cherniak\u00a0said, adding that she once had a client whose card was revoked because his wife had a muffin in her purse.<\/p>\n
But she suspects the reason for these revocations is far less trivial, saying it is likely Trump’s\u00a0executive order is being used to revisit the Nexus vetting process. Meaning individuals from the seven countries will need to go through the screening again or\u00a0simply won’t be approved.<\/p>\n
“All this is creating a bottleneck in the system based on nationality,”\u00a0Todgham\u00a0Cherniak\u00a0said. “But you won’t see much in writing that that was the reason.”<\/p>\n
‘They’re not going to change their attitudes’<\/h2>\n
Asked if the executive order will impact Nexus members, the Canadian Border Services Agency could not provide a response.<\/p>\n
U.S. Customs and Border Protection would also not confirm a connection between the travel ban and the Nexus card revocations, or\u00a0whether the Department of Homeland Security is reviewing the vetting process, or if having a passport from one of the listed restricted countries means they are no longer eligible for the program.<\/p>\n
It would also not answer how many Nexus holders’ memberships have been revoked following the order.<\/p>\n
For his part, the Seattle man says he likely won’t appeal the revocation.<\/p>\n
“My hopes are very minute about this that anything will change because they’re doing much worse things to other people… They’re not going to change their attitudes because of me.”<\/p>\n
The Toronto man agrees.<\/p>\n
“Enough is enough,” he said. “I just want to live in peace.\u00a0I just want the world to consider us as regular human beings\u2026 Whether we’re Mohammed,\u00a0Ahmed\u00a0or whatever, we’re not a threat to the world.”<\/p>\n
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Both men who spoke to CBC News received the same Nexus revocation letter on Wednesday. (Facebook)<\/p>\n
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