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A Maine physician was kept out of the United States for over four months and forced to live in Canada after a bureaucratic mistake with her visa extension, raising questions about government accountability and border enforcement. Dr. Behnoosh Dashti, a 52-year-old dual citizen of Iran and Canada, crossed into Canada from Maine on April 8 […] The post Physician says DMV error left her stranded in Canada for months; lawsuit dismissed after return appeared first on American Almanac .
A Maine physician was kept out of the United States for over four months and forced to live in Canada after a bureaucratic mistake with her visa extension, raising questions about government accountability and border enforcement. Dr. Behnoosh Dashti, a 52-year-old dual citizen of Iran and Canada, crossed into Canada from Maine on April 8 expecting a quick trip. But when she tried to re-enter the United States through the Fort Fairfield port just minutes later, she was detained by U.S. Border Patrol for 10 hours, then released into Canada and told she could not come back, according to allegations in her federal lawsuit. Dashti, who had lived and worked legally in Maine since 2022, claimed she was left stranded for months due to an issue…Open