{"id":884,"date":"2015-08-13T23:05:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T03:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=884"},"modified":"2015-08-13T23:05:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T03:05:45","slug":"audio-interview-article-free-speech-activist-denied-entry-into-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=884","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO INTERVIEW &#038; ARTICLE: Free Speech Activist Denied Entry Into U.S"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: xx-large;\">AUDIO INTERVIEW &amp; ARTICLE: Free Speech Activist Denied Entry Into U.S.<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"postmeta-primary\"><span class=\"meta_date\">AUGUST 13, 2015<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"meta_author\">AFP<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"meta_comments\"><a href=\"http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/?p=27216#respond\">NO COMMENTS<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry clearfix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft featured_image wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/31_32_Canadian_TSA-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"31_32_Canadian_TSA\" width=\"292\" height=\"225\" \/><strong>AFP AUDIO INTERVIEW<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/podcast\/PaulFrommTorontoAirport.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8841\" src=\"http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Podcast-Play-Button.jpg\" alt=\"Podcast Play Button\" width=\"175\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Fromm is a Canadian free speech activist who has made many trips to the United States to speak at various conferences. While at the airport to head to California for one such speaking engagement, Paul was given the third degree when he attempted to board his flight.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Gahary had a chance to sit down with Paul, who recounted his experience with DHS agents at\u00a0Toronto Pearson International Airport on\u00a0June 26, who\u00a0made it plain that he was being hassled and\u00a0turned down because of his politics, in this disturbing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/podcast\/PaulFrommTorontoAirport.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a>\u00a0(44:55).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clixtrac.com\/banner\/click.php?banner=156365\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Support AFP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clixtrac.com\/banner\/156365.jpg\" alt=\"Donate to us\" width=\"480\" height=\"84\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave Gahary, a former submariner in the U.S. Navy, is the host of AFP\u2019s \u2018Underground Interview\u2019 series.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Be sure to check out all of AFP\u2019s free audio interviews. You\u2019ll find them on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">HOME PAGE<\/a>, in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/?page_id=186\" target=\"_blank\">ARCHIVES<\/a>\u00a0&amp; in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/?page_id=723\" target=\"_blank\">AUDIO<\/a>\u00a0section.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><ins id=\"aswift_0_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_0_anchor\"><iframe id=\"aswift_0\" name=\"aswift_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/ins><\/center><\/p>\n<h4><strong>It\u2019s 1984 on the Canadian Border<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>\u2022 Free speech activist denied entry to U.S.\u2014but illegal aliens receive \u2018sanctuary\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Paul T. Angel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the same week that one illegal alien out\u00a0of tens of millions currently hiding out in\u00a0the United States murdered a California\u00a0woman in broad daylight, U.S. law enforcement\u00a0denied entry to a conservative\u00a0Canadian activist who was coming to the\u00a0U.S. to attend a political conference.<\/p>\n<p>On July 1,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/?p=26019\" target=\"_blank\">Kathryn Michelle \u201cKate\u201d Steinle<\/a>\u00a0was senselessly murdered in\u00a0front of her father by Francisco Sanchez, an illegal\u00a0immigrant from Mexico who had seven felony\u00a0convictions and had been deported five times. For\u00a0no apparent reason, Sanchez shot Miss Steinle in\u00a0the head. She died in her father\u2019s arms, crying:\u00a0\u201cDad, help me, help me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. law enforcement at all levels\u2014from the\u00a0nation\u2019s top prosecutor all the way down to the\u00a0local beat cops in San Francisco\u2014had all failed\u00a0to keep this violent criminal off the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Now compare that to the way that the Department\u00a0of Homeland Security (DHS) handled\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Fromm<\/a>\u00a0who had been invited to be the keynote\u00a0speaker at a meeting of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/american3rdposition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Freedom Party<\/a>\u00a0in Tehachapi, California.<\/p>\n<p>AMERICAN FREE PRESS recently had the opportunity to speak\u00a0with Fromm about his ordeal at the hands of U.S.\u00a0authorities while trying to visit the country.<\/p>\n<p>Passing through pre-clearance at\u00a0Toronto Pearson International Airport on his way to Los Angeles, on\u00a0June 26, Fromm was confronted by agents who\u00a0made it plain that he was being hassled and\u00a0turned down because of his politics.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what his purpose for traveling\u00a0was, Fromm replied that he was speaking to the\u00a0American Freedom Party near Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a white supremacist group,\u201d a DHS\u00a0agent replied.<\/p>\n<p>Sent to secondary inspection, Fromm was then\u00a0detained for three hours.<\/p>\n<p>When he was finally questioned, the issue of\u00a0\u201cwhite supremacy\u201d again came up. Fromm said\u00a0the party is not a white supremacist group and\u00a0does not seek to impose American ways on other\u00a0countries. It is, he added, pro-isolationism.<\/p>\n<p>Relying on Wikipedia, the agent said Fromm\u00a0and the American Freedom Party had \u201ctotalitarian\u00a0affiliations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fromm said he was then asked to \u201cprove I was\u00a0not being paid by the American Freedom Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian activist responded that it was\u00a0hard to prove a negative.<\/p>\n<p>He then was told to provide information about\u00a0the conference\u2014\u201cwho, what, where, when\u201d\u2014and\u00a0that there was no remuneration. He was also told\u00a0to provide tax slips that showed employment in\u00a0Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Fromm rebooked his flight to an evening flight,\u00a0returned to his Port Credit home and obtained\u00a0copies of the necessary tax slips and a detailed invitation\u00a0from American Freedom Party president\u00a0William Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>When Fromm returned to catch his flight, he\u00a0was sent immediately to secondary inspection\u00a0without even a question being asked.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, agents were waiting for him. The bored\u00a0agent who examined him showed no interest in\u00a0the documentation he\u2019d been asked to provide.\u00a0His luggage was searched and some patriotic\u00a0flags noted. The agent then told him he\u2019d need a\u00a0visa to enter the U.S. Most Canadians do not need\u00a0a visa.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Fromm said he missed the\u00a0speaking engagement at the American Freedom\u00a0Party.<\/p>\n<p>The next weekend Fromm was invited to\u00a0speak at singer and activist Paul Topete\u2019s Freedompalooza,\u00a0which was being held in Bucks\u00a0County, Pennsylvania. Fromm said he applied for a visa online\u00a0and obtained an expedited interview, June 30,\u00a0still hoping to be able to attend the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>On attending the visa office at the U.S. Consulate\u00a0in Toronto, Fromm was fingerprinted and\u00a0then seen by a Canadian agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe asked me why I was applying for a visa,\u201d\u00a0said Fromm. \u201cI told her that I could not see how\u00a0it applied to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fromm said the female agent told him: \u201cThat\u2019s\u00a0their way of saying they don\u2019t want you in the\u00a0United States. \u2018You had Nazi flags in your suitcase,\u2019\u00a0she said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fromm added that he told her there were no\u00a0Nazi flags.<\/p>\n<p>He then was asked about his birthplace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you [come to Canada] from Germany,\u201d\u00a0Fromm said he was asked. \u201cI told her I\u00a0was born in Colombia, as it says on my passport.\u00a0A few minutes later, she asked whether my father\u00a0had served in the German army. I told her, \u2018No. My\u00a0late father was a Canadian and served in the\u00a0Royal Canadian Navy in WWII and my mother\u00a0served in the Canadian army as a nurse.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fromm was then told that the agent would\u00a0need that further information and a further administrative\u00a0review would be necessary. That\u00a0process, he was told, would take three months.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Fromm said he missed Freedompalooza\u00a0and has had to cancel several other\u00a0speaking engagements in the U.S. this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that I\u2019m the victim of German-bashing,\u201d\u00a0said Fromm. \u201cIf I had a long criminal record and\u00a0had snuck in from Mexico, there would have been\u00a0no problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clixtrac.com\/banner\/click.php?banner=109596\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Barnes Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clixtrac.com\/banner\/109596.jpg\" alt=\"The Barnes Review\" width=\"480\" height=\"84\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul T. Angel is the managing editor of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/barnesreview.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">THE BARNES REVIEW<\/a>\u00a0historical magazine and the art and production director for AMERICAN FREE PRESS. He received his BA in Design from American University in 1983 with a focus on graphic design, art history and marketing. Paul invites you to request a free sample copy of TBR\u2014the most honest history magazine in America\u2014by calling 1-877-773-9077 toll free or writing TBR, P.O. Box 15877, Washington, D.C. 20003.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/americanfreepress.net\/?p=27216#sthash.B5kDIsBo.dpuf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUDIO INTERVIEW &amp; ARTICLE: Free Speech Activist Denied Entry Into U.S. AUGUST 13, 2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AFP\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0NO COMMENTS AFP AUDIO INTERVIEW Paul Fromm is a Canadian free speech activist who has made many trips to the United States to speak at various conferences. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=884\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[388,389],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}