Madolline Gourley with one of the cats on a past house-sitting trip in the US.Madolline Gourley An Australian woman says she was not allowed to enter the US because she intended to house-sit. Madolline Gourley said she had traveled to the US to look after homes and pets in the past. TrustedHousesitters said it disagreed with border guidance that house-sitting breached visa rules. Madolline Gourley was traveling from Australia to Canada via Los Angeles in June to go house-sitting, but she wasn't able to do so because she got sent back.She made headlines after revealing that immigration officials asked her if she'd ever had an abortion.