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| Jamie Flynn |
On Thursday, June 26th, Jamie Flynn posted the following on social media about what happened to him.
Today I was meant to fly to Birmingham, Alabama to represent @vancouver firefighters / @vanfirerescue and compete in Jiu Jitsu at the World Police & Fire Games (@bhm2025). -- an international event uniting frontline responders through sport.
Instead I was denied entry to the USA. No reason given. No appeal. No answers.
I'm a British citizen living in Canada.
I've fought for the United States, wearing their uniform on Special Forces operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I'm a Canadian firefighter, a Search & Rescue volunteer, and I have no criminal record.
I've trained for months. I've done everything right. And still, I'm grounded -- sidelined not by injury or lack of effort, but by bureaucracy and silence.
No one at the US border, the US consulate, or the ESTA program can explain why. This feels like a clerical error -- but it's cost me thousands of dollars & for what?
I'm gutted. I'm angry. And I want answers.
If you believe this is wrong -- share this post . . .
"We were good enough to fight their wars - - but not good enough to cross their borders."
I am sharing this story as Jamie Flynn requested. I certainly believe what happened to him is very wrong, and I am disgusted by how Mr. Flynn was treated by US immigration. This upstanding citizen, a firefighter who has fought in Iraq and Afghanistan wearing the uniform of the United States, was denied entry to Trump's America. Why was such a man treated like a criminal?
- Joanne
