Some Canadians say they will heed a government travel advisory warning that those born in Middle Eastern countries could be fingerprinted and photographed when they try to enter the U.S.

"It's enough for me. It's really humiliating," says Ali Parvizian.

The Iranian-born Toronto resident estimates he does about $4 million a year in business south of the border.

"Basically I will not do any business with the States anymore, since I have a problem going to the States," he told CTV News.

The U.S. recently imposed stiff new regulations which allow border officials to photograph, fingerprint and register visitors from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan or Syria.

"In addition, individuals who were born in or who have the citizenship of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, or Yemen could also attract special attention from American immigration and security authorities," the Department of Foreign Affairs warned in an advisory.

"Our goal is to make our country safer," said Richard Boucher, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department. "It's the same goal Canadian authorities have."

But Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham claims the new border rules are discriminatory. He's complained about the law to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.

"I pointed out ... that in our view, Canadian citizens are Canadian citizens and that both the United States and Canada are countries that are multicultural in nature and based on immigration," Graham said.

"It would be inappropriate under both our constitutions -- our Charter and even the U.S. Constitution -- to do this."

Graham said such racial targeting by the U.S. is "inappropriate."

"(Powell) however replied that this was their territory, their law, their security and they are taking the measures they deem appropriate," Graham said.

The Foreign Affairs advisory suggests Canadians born in the named countries should "consider carefully" whether they need to travel to the U.S. for any reason -- including the use of connecting flights which merely stop over in the U.S. to or from third countries.

The U.S. National Security Entry Exit Registration System (NSEERS), introduced on Sept. 11, 2002, authorizes the Immigration and Naturalization Service to keep track of the arrival and departure of non-immigrants to the U.S.

Under the system, such travellers must have their entry into and exit out of the U.S. verified.

Hussein Amery, president of the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations, said the new rules "smells and feels like racism."

Last month, Maher Arar, a 32-year-old Syrian-born Canadian, was deported to Syria from the U.S. after being stopped in New York while on his way home to Canada.

Graham filed a formal complaint with the U.S. government over the handling of Arar.

Graham said Arar's case was one of many in which Canadians who hold a second passport don't have their Canadian passports recognized by the U.S.