Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee?
The Los Angeles Times
reports on the latest travails of marijunana activist and
former Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate Steve Kubby. The
cancer-stricken Kubby fled to Canada, facing prosecution in the
U.S. Now Canadian immigration officials might be sending him back.
An excerpt:
"Immigration officials are pushing to deport Kubby for drug
violations stemming from a 1999 bust of his medical marijuana
garden in Squaw Valley, Calif. Kubby, 56 and still wrestling with
adrenal cancer, countered by seeking to become a political refugee.
If he is returned to America, Kubby contends, he will face
persecution and death.
On Wednesday, a hearing began in Vancouver to decide if this American -- one of four U.S. medical marijuana expatriates seeking to become refugees -- will be turned out by his adopted homeland.
His case appears to be a longshot: Canadian immigration officials say only one U.S. citizen has ever won refugee status. But it has stoked memories in western Canada of Vietnam-era draft resisters who fled the United States decades ago. It also has caused a stir in government offices on both sides of the border."
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Anyone know anything about the one US citizen who won refugee status in Canada?
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If the goal is to use song titles as headlines, I'd suggest "life during wartime" instead (it's also a better song)
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If the goal is to use song titles as headlines, I'd suggest "life during wartime" instead (it's also a better song)
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It's debatable about which song is better. But isn't one of the Talking Heads from Canada? I suppose that would make the song more pertinent.
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I recall Peter McWilliams's death with a lot of anger. I hope Kubby wins out.
