Originally Posted by
cordelli
They need a better proof reader
Customs and Border Patrol says it cannot comment on pending legislation.
Legislation, Litigation, same thing, right?
Have to believe there's more to the story then just somebody crossing over with a undeclared package of raspberries.
I'm not sure why you're so fast to blame the victim.
If US customs had discovered drugs or weapons or false documents (or anything even a tiny bit more suspicious than a package of raspberries), they would have
arrested her. Especially if they were trying to "justify" strip searching her in the first place...
But they clearly didn't arrest her (she returned to Canada) and neither did the Canadian authorities (since she is suing in US court).
As another commenter said: Women traveling alone are vulnerable. Abusers (often correctly) think that they will be protected by womens' "natural" complaisance, by their shame at having been sexually abused, by their fear of publicity or retribution. I'm happy that, in this case, they weren't.