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FELDSTED: People under deportation orders in the US are not seeking sanctuary, they are shopping for a laxer review of their claims


Canada has removed only 6 of 900 asylum seekers facing U.S. deportation.  Border Security Minister Bill Blair apologizes for saying majority of asylum seekers had left

Teresa Wright ~~ The Canadian Press / CBC News ~~ Sept 24, 2018



Canadian Border Security Agency
Minister Minister Bill Blair
Confusion over the number of irregular migrants that have been removed from Canada led to an apology Monday from Border Security Minister Bill Blair — and attracted fresh calls from Opposition MPs for more action to address ongoing border woes.

Over the weekend, Blair created a hornet's nest of criticism when he told Global News in an interview that the "overwhelming majority" of asylum seekers who have crossed irregularly into Canada over the last 21 months have left the country.

But the government's own numbers tell a different story….  since early 2017, more than 34,000 asylum seekers have crossed into Canada through unofficial points. To date, only 398 — or about one per cent — have been removed. 

Click here for the full Canadian Press / CBC story




This is an abysmal situation made worse by government equivocations. We have no obligation to take in asylum seekers leaving from a safe nation. People under deportation orders in the US are not seeking sanctuary, they are shopping for a laxer review of their claims.

American residents deported to their home nations, due to expiry of temporary American sanctuary, are not refugees.  And, those being deported for criminal records, or for falsified applications, are a serious threat to our society and should be expelled without process.  I do not believe that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) cannot access US records, on deportation, to establish the reasons for the deportation order from the US.



Our government is hiding behind ‘due process’ rather than being pro-active and relieving some of the pressure on our immigration department.  And here are numbers you are very likely NOT aware of …

The ‘more than 34,000 people’ who illegally crossed over from the US do not include the more than 25,000 Syrians brought in on a whim.

And … the immigration department is dealing with over 60,000 refugee and asylum claimants, and that number is over and above the people entering Canada through our regular and legal process

Newly released figures show Canadian officials have removed only a
handful of the hundreds of irregular migrants who arrived in Canada while they were already facing deportation orders from the United States.
~~ The Canadian Press / CBC

Canada’s Border Security Minister Bill Blair, has been dropped into a horrendous mess as chief apologist for Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, and there is very little he can do to sort out the mess.  Sadly, even with a huge increase in budget, he will be unable to find intake officers capable of detecting fraudulent applicants … that takes months of training, and years of experience.


John Feldsted

Political Consultant & Strategist

Winnipeg, Manitoba


“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”  ~~ Abraham Lincoln

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