So Many Immigrants Are Fleeing The US That Canada Is Using An Olympic Stadium To Shelter Them'
Canada is starting to feel the strain of a growing number of asylum seekers coming from the US, many of them Haitians who fear being sent back home by a Trump administration that has taken an increasingly hard line against immigration.
Quebec’s immigration minister, Kathleen Weil, told reporters Thursday that the number of people seeking asylum had tripled in the last two weeks, from 50 between July 1 and 19, to 150 people a day. The onslaught of immigrants crossing the border has gotten to the point that Canadian officials have been forced to use Montreal’s Olympic Stadium and a network of shelters to house the newcomers.
The head of the union representing Canada’s border agents even called the influx "a national crisis."
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), which is responsible for Canada’s border security, reported intercepting 781 people at the Quebec border, a popular spot for asylum seekers crossing into Canada, this year through June. Over the same period, there have been 6,505 asylum claims filed in Quebec, second only to Ontario, which saw 9,440.
Marleine Bastien, executive director of Haitian Women of Miami, said the Haitian asylum seekers are worried the Trump administration won't extend the temporary protected status (TPS) they received after the 2010 earthquake. In May, then-Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the US would extend TPS for Haitians by six months, but indicated it would be for the last time.
“That’s what’s causing this mad dash to Canada,” Bastien said. “It’s sad because these people are legal until Jan. 22, 2018, and they are leaving out of sheer desperation, anxiety, and fear.” . . .
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lol Hatians in a stadium. Boy where have I seen that before? Have fun
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God I hope there is something we can do to get those Haitians back! Please tell me they aren't gone forever! Its not fair that Canada gets all the Haitian immigrants.
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I am happy for them. There is way too much racism and Islamaphobia here in America. They should seriously consider moving to Canada. It's so much better there.
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I love how the head of the border guards union is crying "ZOMG national crisis!", 15,000 immigrants, out of an annual intake of 250,000, "ZOMG better hire more public sector unionized border guards!" Fuck off, not another dime for you, CBSA, I'd rather have a Haitian on every corner, than give one more penny to public sector unionized federal employees.
Don't need one more fuckin useless border guard, but a low wage immigrant to be my gardener? Ok, sounds good.
Don't need one more fuckin useless border guard, but a low wage immigrant to be my gardener? Ok, sounds good.
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Those border guards have it rough, and they often get carpal tunnel rubberstamping yes on the immigration form of every terrorist and third worlder who wants in. Some of the guards have had to take on second jobs as Imams to get that extra bump in government benefits.Smitty-48 wrote:I love how the head of the border guards union is crying "ZOMG national crisis", 15,000 immigrants, out of an annual intake of 250,000, "ZOMG better hire more public sector unionized border guards!" Fuck off, not another dime for you, CBSA, I'd rather have a Haitian on every corner, than give one more penny to public sector unionized federal employees.
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Border guards are like gun control, they only enforce the law on the already law abiding, illegal immigrants from the USA, don't actually check in at the border posts, meanwhile, border guard is charging me duties on my American purchases, and acting like power tripping tyrannical martinets as they do, burn in hell, border guards, just another revenue collection agency, dressed up as security theater.heydaralon wrote:Those border guards have it rough, and they often get carpal tunnel rubberstamping yes on the immigration form of every terrorist and third worlder who wants in. Some of the guards have had to take on second jobs as Imams to get that extra bump in government benefits.Smitty-48 wrote:I love how the head of the border guards union is crying "ZOMG national crisis", 15,000 immigrants, out of an annual intake of 250,000, "ZOMG better hire more public sector unionized border guards!" Fuck off, not another dime for you, CBSA, I'd rather have a Haitian on every corner, than give one more penny to public sector unionized federal employees.
CBSA is just another variation of public sector unionized tax collecting thugs for Ottawa, I'd gladly have them deported, and replace them with swarthy Haitiain immigrants in trade, put the border guards on a rickety old boat, give them some bottled water, and drop them in the ocean.
There's only one national crisis in Canada, and it ain't immigrants, it's too much tax being collected to prop up these public sector unionized self licking ice cream cones, who knew?
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low wage immigrant to be my gardener? Ok, sounds good.
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This is a win win, they already speak french. That my friends really doesn't violate Madame Liberty.