Actor Randy Quaid detained ahead of immigration hearing

Immigration and Refugee Board spokesman Robert Gervais said Quaid will have a detention review hearing before a board member Thursday afternoon, a routine procedure that occurs typically within 48 hours of someone being detained.

Contacted Thursday, a CBSA spokeswoman did not say whether the removal would proceed or provide any further explanations.

He told Associated Press from a detention center on Wednesday (07Oct15), “They won’t allow me to remain (in Canada)…”

According to the Los Angeles Times, he and his wife, Evi Quaid, have been living in The Great White North since 2010, where they fled to escape so-called “Hollywood star whackers”. After apologizing for his disappearance in a board hearing, Quaid announced that he was prepared to go back to the U.S.to face an outstanding legal case filed against the couple but would eventually return to Canada after settling the affair. By 2013, Randy abandoned this claim and tried to apply for permanent resident status, but that was denied. “This should not be a criminal dispute at all”, Randy Quaid said. Two days before they were charged, they traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Quaid and his wife were arrested in California in 2010, once on charges of failing to pay their bill at a hotel, and another time on suspicion of burglary and entering a building without consent. “I would like to have the issues in Santa Barbara resolved so I can move on with my life”. Image view YouTubeIn a sketchy account, TMZ said a law enforcement source in Santa Barbara – “where Quaid has several warrants out for his arrest” – said Quaid would be seized after he’s brought back to the United States.

Quaid, 65, is known for movies such as “The Last Picture Show” and “The Last Detail”, for which he received an Oscar nomination. “For 40 years I was well respected”, he told the AP.

The New York Daily News reports that Quaid’s wife, Evi, took to Twitter after the latest incident and railed against Canada. “I can’t be deported – that will screw up my ability to make films in other countries”, Quaid said.