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.”
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