Stephens drove home that day feeling like he had a target on his back.

"But since then I've heard dozens of stories of Canadian professionals who have travelled for years without a problem then (were) suddenly harassed in the same manner before being turned away."

The immigration lawyer told him Homeland Security answers to no one.

"He said a flag on your passport from Homeland Security is permanent. The guards are told to be extra, extra careful. I wonder if I caught the border guard on a bad day."

He says it didn't bother him that much, but it upset his family.

"My kids told all their friends that we'd be moving to L.A. for the summer and I had to say, 'Sorry kids, daddy's illegal now so we're not going anymore.' Although, this show is making thousands of Americans rich, it hardly seems fair that I can't even go into the U.S."

Porchlight Entertainment and the Cartoon Network were expecting him to be there and he said it was pretty humiliating when he couldn't go.

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