Illegal Immigration Ad – Conservative Party of Canada – 2011 Election Campaign
Here is a 2011 Conservative Party of Canada campaign ad that has only been broadcast in Quebec and in French. It insinuates that illegal immigrants escaping persecution, war and deplorable conditions in their own countries are somehow taking advantage of Canadian kindness and generosity. It also reveals a troubling xenophobic and paranoid undercurrent to the Conservative campaign. Here’s the ad they didn’t feel the rest of Canada should see. Might it be because they didn’t want to alienate their large immigrant voting base in the rest of the nation? Here’s an article from the Globe and Mail that suggests an alternative and rational solution to the problem of human smuggling: www.theglobeandmail.com We deserve better. We deserve a government that doesn’t simply resort to attack ads and narrow-minded policies. On Monday, May 2nd, 2011, VOTE FOR CHANGE.
Did you see any reason why this illegal should not be deported Mexican teen could be deported Saturday?
An 18-year-old Mexican refugee claimant who contends he faces death in his homeland will be deported Saturday if the government does not grant him temporary residency.
On Friday, a Federal Court judge in Toronto dismissed Daniel Garcia’s application for a temporary stay of his deportation order. Outside of the Federal Court of Appeal, the teen’s supporters held a rally that called on the Citizenship and Immigration Department to keep Mr. Garcia in Canada.
“The application today was just denied. There is an application for a temporary residence permit to (Immigration Minister) Jason Kenney’s office, but we haven’t heard anything back from him,” said Mohan Mishra, an immigration caseworker with No One Is Illegal in Toronto.
“Despite community support from his friends, classmates, teachers, school trustees and church communities, we still see that Minister Kenney is burying his head in the sand,” Mr. Mishra said.
A flight has been scheduled for Mr. Garcia, although the time has not been released.
The Grade 11 student arrived in Canada as a minor in 2007 under the guardianship of his elder sister Brenda. The two had applied for refugee status, arguing that they faced persecution and possibly death in Mexico because Brenda is gay. They said they had already experienced discrimination and homophobic violence there.
Her application was denied and she was deported last Monday.
The younger Garcia has stayed in a Canada Border Services detention centre since Dec. 23.
According to the court decision, Mr. Garcia failed to report a change of his address when he moved in October 2010, and he failed to appear at an immigration hearing in November, which lead to a warrant for his arrest.
“The applicant’s behaviour shows complete disregard for Canada’s immigration laws,” the judge wrote in a court decision, noting Garcia didn’t apply “with clean hands.”
Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/12/31/mexican-teen-could-be-deported-saturday/#ixzz19k30m06d
Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/12/31/mexican-teen-could-be-deported-saturday/#ixzz19k2rnwXI
HMCS Regina Seizes unknown ship and comes upon illegal immigrants near Ogden Point.
“In the early hours of Saturday October 17, a vessel of unknown origin sailing under the name “Ocean Lady” and carrying unknown cargo and individuals entered Canadian waters. Based on this and information received from its security partners, the RCMP took steps to intervene with close support of the Canadian Forces and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). An RCMP Emergency Response Team trained in maritime intervention boarded and took control of the vessel. A Canadian Forces navigational and safety crew is now piloting the vessel. The RCMP vessels Higgitt and Lindsay along with the Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Regina are working to safely escort the Ocean Lady into port at Ogden Point, British Columbia. Federal officials are on the scene and are authorized to examine the 76 people and associated goods entering Canada to determine their admissibility. Their goal is to ensure the security of Canada’s borders while facilitating the entry of legitimate travellers and goods. The RCMP and CBSA work closely with domestic and international partners to combat irregular migration to Canada, including smuggling and trafficking in persons. The RCMP and CBSA will continue to collaborate in the investigation within their respective mandates. I want to commend the collaboration and coordination among various government agencies as well as the men and women that were ready to move rapidly on this situation. The Government of Canada is committed to the safety and security of our …
Education for illegal immigrants in Canada?
The US has the Dream Act for illegal immigrants in the United States, but what about Canada? Do they have a specific program or route illegal immigrants can take in order to go through college as an illegal immigrant? It’s for an essay for class, so any help would be great!
Do you really think that illegal immigration from Canada to the United States is an issue?
With all the talk lately about illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States, the country of Canada has actually been inserted into the discussion.
Its been said several times lately by politicians: “if we need a fence between the U.S. and Mexico then don’t we need afence along the U.S./Canadian border?”
Have you ever heard anything more ridiculous?
Is there really any serious problem with immigrants coming from Canada? Who comes from Canada? Oh yeah, Canada’s best doctors, computer technicians, and actors come to the U.S.
Save the money from a border fence in the north and make the one on the U.S./ Mexico border twice as high.
Would more humane immigration laws in the US mean less illegal immigrants?
CAUTION: Before answering, please think for at least 90 seconds. I don’t want sound bites and I don’t want sourceless claims (ie, “More immigrants means more poor people which means more taxpayer dollars going toward welfare. Our economy can’t take that!” — how MANY more taxpayer dollars? In numbers, how BIG of an impact would that have on our economy?).
According to Canada’s statistics database, it takes approx. 180 days to immigrate to Canada. According to England’s counterpart database, it takes on average 6 months to immigrate there. According to New Zealand’s Immigration Services webpage, immigration to NZ takes 6-9 months.
The US doesn’t publish straightforward immigration statistics. But according to the website, the waiting list for Mexico, India and the Philippines is 21-25 years. After that, a prospective immigrant must learn English, pay thousands of dollars in lawyers’ fees, wait at least 7 more years, and pass a US history test that most natural-born US high schoolers can’t pass. His/her application is then at the discretion of immigration officers.
There are plenty of very good people in very bad situations who simply can’t afford that kind of investment (and by can’t afford, I mean they’d literally DIE while waiting to be legally naturalized). Maybe, just maybe, if we made this process a bit more realistic instead of building more walls, we’d be able to aid many needy people without criminalizing them.
And yes, there are some arguments against making immigration laws in the US more humane:
1) Those people should work to change their own governments and improve the quality of life in their own countries.
This argument is naive because it assumes that poor, oppressed individuals who live in absolutely desolate conditions can put together a militia and overthrow their often wealthy, corrupt government without starving to death or being shot down by a more powerful government army. Sure, this is not ALWAYS the exact case in third world nations, but there are always SOME factors stopping the oppressed from having any political influence in their respective nations.
2) We already have too many people in the US.
This is not true. According to the CIA World Factbook, the US has the 180th largest population density out of 241 countries.
3) Many Mexican immigrants are just criminals.
According to the Minnesota Human Rights Group, whose data is used in public middle school curricula, less than one percent of illegal Mexican immigrants will go on to commit any other crime in the US.
A translated quote from the song Frijolero by Mexican band Molotov:
“From the outside, it’s easy to imagine being a Mexican crossing the border, thinking of your family while you cross, and leaving everything you know behind. If YOU had to escape from under the heals of a few elite gringo ranchers, would you keep calling me a good-for-nothing wetback? If it was YOU who had to start from zero.”
Illegal Immigration and The New World Order
A Mashup of why illegal immigration is out of control in America and where it is headed.
Illegal immigration in canada??
What does this mean exactly, please sum it up in a few sentences. (I cant comprehend it)
Illegal immigration in Canada
There is no credible information available on illegal immigration in Canada. Estimates range between 35,000 and 120,000 illegal immigrants in Canada.[15] James Bissett, a former head of the Canadian Immigration Service, has suggested that the lack of any credible refugee screening process, combined with a high likelihood of ignoring any deportation orders, has resulted in tens of thousands of outstanding warrants for the arrest of rejected refugee claimants, with little attempt at enforcement.[16] Unlike in the U.S., refugees claimants in Canada do not have to attempt re-entry to learn the status of their claim. A 2008 report by the Auditor General Sheila Fraser stated that Canada has lost track of as many as 41,000 illegal immigrants.
Also my question is, does Canadian immigration seek out and deport illegals as often as USA does?
Don’t You Know That Canada Gets Her Share Of Illegal Immigrants, Too?
Just so you know, Canada also gets illegal immigrants. In fact, we get the American military people who desert. We also get Mexicans and Central Americans from the US who run up to Canada when all their options run out in the US. Of course, we don’t get as many as the US because we don’t have as much population that they can disappear into, and we don’t have the employers who are willing to hire illegal immigrants, as the USA does. And, of course, our border is quite a bit further away for the Mexicans and Central Americans to get to. But, we also get the typical Asian, European, etc. who come over legally on visas and just stay after the visas expire. Don’t ask me how they survive, without the employers who hire illegals – I think lots of them live with and are supported by relatives who came here legally. However, our illegals do not have access to social services as they seem to be in the USA – no welfare, no medical, no education. Heck, our legal citizens cannot hardly get welfare!
