Jason Kenney - The change behnid Immigration Reform
One change has yet to happen- Removing MP's interference in the appeals process - Many spend up to 50 % of their time on these cases. Waiting for Jason to make that change as well.
Call it what you will but Canadians including immigrants to Canada have been calling for changes to the Immigration Policies-The appeals that are endless- He is doing what many Canadians want.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/06/20/pol-new-law-deport-foreigners-crimes.html
The bill would change admissibility rules for allowing people to visit Canada or to become Canadian.
A spokesman for Kenney said there are 2,747 people with convictions appealing to the Immigration Appeal Division to be able to stay in Canada.
The proposed law would take away humanitarian and compassionate grounds as factors in appealing a decision that someone is inadmissible. The changes would mean the public safety minister would be able to consider only national security and public safety in deciding whether someone can become Canadian.
Other proposed changes under the act include:
A rule that would deny an appeal to those with foreign convictions that carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in Canada.
A provision to give the immigration minister the power to deny someone temporary resident status for up to three years on the basis of public policy considerations.
A rule that would deny entry to Canada to those with a family member inadmissible for security and human rights reasons or organized crime connections, even if that family member isn't travelling with them.
A five-year inadmissibility period for lying on immigration applications.
Mandatory CSIS interviews if requested.
Reporting conditions for those under deportation orders.
Automatic inadmissibility for non-Canadians and permanent residents for acts of espionage or acts against Canada's interests.
Kenney suggested one of the reasons for the changes is that judges sometimes sentence people to two years less a day to allow them to keep their immigration appeals. The current law allows an appeal for those sentenced to less than two years.
"If you commit a serious crime in Canada, we are going to send you packing as soon as you get out," Kenney said.
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Tories
Jason Kenney cracks down on foreign criminals who fight deportation using Canada's appeals process | News | National Post
Kenney launches crackdown on foreign criminals who abuse appeals process to delay deportation
New legislation introduced today by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will crack down on foreign criminals who delay deportation to their home countries by utilizing Canada’s lengthy appeals system, and make it easier for the government to deport them.
The new laws will limit the access foreign criminals will have to the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Appeal division, thereby reducing the time they can remain in Canada by up to 14 months.
This change, Mr. Kenney said, reduces the likelihood the criminals will re-offend on Canadian soil.
“If a foreign citizen is sentenced to six months or greater, they’re subject to removal,” said Mr. Kenney at a news conference.
“But under the current system, they still have access to the immigration appeal division as long as their sentence is less than two years, and many courts have sentenced foreign criminals to two years less a day explicitly in order for allow them to have access to these multiple appeals and effectively to delay their deportation from Canada.”
Mr. Kenney cited the “notorious” case of Clinton Gayle, a Jamaican man who was convicted of multiple drug offences and sentenced to two years less a day in jail.
“Between 1990 and 1996, the government tried to deport Mr. Gayle on multiple occasions. This process was made difficult because of the relatively short criminal sentences that he received,” he said. “In 1996, while that process was still ongoing, Clinton Gayle shot and killed Toronto police officer Todd Baylis.”
Under the new rules, foreign citizens involved in organized crime or security, human or international rights violations, will no longer be permitted to attempt to put off their removal using the humanitarian and compassionate consideration normally available to some foreigners in Canada.
One change has yet to happen- Removing MP's interference in the appeals process - Many spend up to 50 % of their time on these cases. Waiting for Jason to make that change as well.
Call it what you will but Canadians including immigrants to Canada have been calling for changes to the Immigration Policies-The appeals that are endless- He is doing what many Canadians want.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/06/20/pol-new-law-deport-foreigners-crimes.html
The bill would change admissibility rules for allowing people to visit Canada or to become Canadian.
A spokesman for Kenney said there are 2,747 people with convictions appealing to the Immigration Appeal Division to be able to stay in Canada.
The proposed law would take away humanitarian and compassionate grounds as factors in appealing a decision that someone is inadmissible. The changes would mean the public safety minister would be able to consider only national security and public safety in deciding whether someone can become Canadian.
Other proposed changes under the act include:
A rule that would deny an appeal to those with foreign convictions that carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in Canada.
A provision to give the immigration minister the power to deny someone temporary resident status for up to three years on the basis of public policy considerations.
A rule that would deny entry to Canada to those with a family member inadmissible for security and human rights reasons or organized crime connections, even if that family member isn't travelling with them.
A five-year inadmissibility period for lying on immigration applications.
Mandatory CSIS interviews if requested.
Reporting conditions for those under deportation orders.
Automatic inadmissibility for non-Canadians and permanent residents for acts of espionage or acts against Canada's interests.
Kenney suggested one of the reasons for the changes is that judges sometimes sentence people to two years less a day to allow them to keep their immigration appeals. The current law allows an appeal for those sentenced to less than two years.
"If you commit a serious crime in Canada, we are going to send you packing as soon as you get out," Kenney said.
Immigration consultants hit with dozens of charges as CBSA fraud crackdown continues | News | National Post
Windsor immigration lawyer Sandra Zaher charged with coaching refugees to make fake claims | News | National Post
Immigration fraud: Canada 2000 Immigration and Business Services CEO, employees charged | News | National Post
Tories
Jason Kenney cracks down on foreign criminals who fight deportation using Canada's appeals process | News | National Post
Kenney launches crackdown on foreign criminals who abuse appeals process to delay deportation
New legislation introduced today by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will crack down on foreign criminals who delay deportation to their home countries by utilizing Canada’s lengthy appeals system, and make it easier for the government to deport them.
The new laws will limit the access foreign criminals will have to the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Appeal division, thereby reducing the time they can remain in Canada by up to 14 months.
This change, Mr. Kenney said, reduces the likelihood the criminals will re-offend on Canadian soil.
“If a foreign citizen is sentenced to six months or greater, they’re subject to removal,” said Mr. Kenney at a news conference.
“But under the current system, they still have access to the immigration appeal division as long as their sentence is less than two years, and many courts have sentenced foreign criminals to two years less a day explicitly in order for allow them to have access to these multiple appeals and effectively to delay their deportation from Canada.”
Mr. Kenney cited the “notorious” case of Clinton Gayle, a Jamaican man who was convicted of multiple drug offences and sentenced to two years less a day in jail.
“Between 1990 and 1996, the government tried to deport Mr. Gayle on multiple occasions. This process was made difficult because of the relatively short criminal sentences that he received,” he said. “In 1996, while that process was still ongoing, Clinton Gayle shot and killed Toronto police officer Todd Baylis.”
Under the new rules, foreign citizens involved in organized crime or security, human or international rights violations, will no longer be permitted to attempt to put off their removal using the humanitarian and compassionate consideration normally available to some foreigners in Canada.
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