Refugee/Migrant Crisis
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No ticky no washy. Enter the country illegally should be immediate deportation. No hearing, no snivil rights liar, just gone.View attachment 26057
This is a rule for Canada? Seriously? Who made this a rule? Under whose watch?
The federal government faced calls Friday to scrap a rule that allows migrants entering Canada clandestinely to claim asylum if they evade the authorities for two weeks, with opposition MPs saying asylum claims should be restricted to official ports of entry.
Bloc Québécois MPs plan to challenge the government in the House of Commons on Monday, citing a Canada Border Services Agency intelligence document obtained by The Globe and Mail that warned the immigration department last year of a big rise in clandestine crossings both north and south of the Canada-U.S. border.
The intelligence briefing says smugglers are charging up to $45,000 to sneak people across the border, including using routes into B.C. and Quebec, with thousands then making asylum claims.
People fleeing unsafe homelands are entitled to claim asylum in Canada, but under the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S., they are usually sent back to the U.S. at regular border crossings. Those who manage to cross clandestinely can claim asylum after 14 days in the country and have their cases heard.
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Canada–United States Safe Third Country Agreement - Wikipedia
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Opposition politicians and provincial premiers have raised fears about an influx of migrants to Canada from the U.S. after president-elect Donald Trump threatened to deport about 11 million people living there illegally.
“At a minimum, the 14-day rule should be suspended temporarily until we know what we are dealing with,” said immigration lawyer Richard Kurland, who obtained the border agency’s intelligence document through an access to information request.
Under the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the U.S., asylum-seekers must make their claim in the first country in which they arrive. In March last year, the two countries restricted the agreement, ending the ability to claim asylum after crossing at Roxham Road.
Both Canada and the U.S. can terminate the agreement with six months’ notice, and they can also negotiate changes. Immigration lawyer David Matas said “the agreement could be extended by removing the possibility of staying in Canada if one enters Canada illegally and remains hidden for 14 days or more.
“That would be even more effective in discouraging traversal of the U.S. than the present form of the agreement.”
Ottawa faces calls to scrap rule allowing migrants crossing border covertly to claim asylum after two weeks — The Globe and Mail
Bloc Québécois MPs plan to challenge the government, citing a Canada Border Services Agency intelligence document that warned the immigration department last year of a big rise in clandestine crossingsapple.news
I can’t speak for the last decade, but when my ex daughter-in-law moved to Canada, in no uncertain terms that’s how things were explained to her. She didn’t come in as a refugee from Utah, but worked hard to get her landed immigrant status, & eventually will be a citizen.
She was told that if she gets in any trouble with the law, or if her husband (my Son) got in any trouble with the law as her sponsor, she would be deported and never allowed back into the country. No if’s, ands, or buts. By entering the country legally she didn’t bypass the immigration system.
Seize any assets they might have and pool it to pay for the flights. Once all the illegals are gone, any money left over can be redistributed to the people that paid in.
X 5,000,000 people that are expected to leave in the next year? That sounds like an entire industry. One that will be run by government bureaucracy.
Expenses will have to come out of any seized assets as well. Maybe that will encourage some of them to leave early.
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for 2 Venezuelan men accused of killing Texas girl
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Juan A. Lozano
Published Dec 13, 2024 • 2 minute read
HOUSTON — Prosecutors in Texas announced Friday that they will seek the death penalty against two Venezuelan men who are accused of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl after they had entered the U.S. illegally.
The death of Jocelyn Nungaray was among several cases this year that became flashpoints in the debate over the nation’s immigration policies. Nungaray’s mother campaigned for President-elect Donald Trump, calling for better control of the border in the wake of her daughter’s death.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said her office would file an official court notice later Friday that prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26. Each man has been charged with capital murder for Nungaray’s June 16 death. Martinez-Rangel and Pena each remained jailed on $10 million bonds.
“Jocelyn’s murder was as vile, brutal and senseless as any case in my tenure as district attorney,” Ogg said in a statement. “And it was made worse by knowing that these two men were here illegally and, had they been held after being captured at the border, they would never have had the opportunity to murder Jocelyn and destroy her family’s future.”
The Associated Press sent emails Friday seeking comment from attorneys for both men.
Prosecutors allege the two men kidnapped, sexually assaulted and strangled the girl before leaving her body in shallow water below a bridge. Her body was found in a creek on June 17. A medical examiner concluded she had been strangled.
Martinez-Rangel and Pena had been arrested earlier in the year near El Paso by the U.S. Border Patrol after entering the country without documentation. Both were released and given notices to appear in court at a later date.
Republicans used Nungaray’s death and other cases in which immigrants who entered the country illegally were accused of committing violent crimes to criticize how President Joe Biden managed the U.S.-Mexico border during his administration. In another case, Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan man, was sentenced to life in prison last month for the death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.
Trump has alleged that migrants have caused skyrocketing crime rate. Multiple studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Juan A. Lozano
Published Dec 13, 2024 • 2 minute read
HOUSTON — Prosecutors in Texas announced Friday that they will seek the death penalty against two Venezuelan men who are accused of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl after they had entered the U.S. illegally.
The death of Jocelyn Nungaray was among several cases this year that became flashpoints in the debate over the nation’s immigration policies. Nungaray’s mother campaigned for President-elect Donald Trump, calling for better control of the border in the wake of her daughter’s death.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said her office would file an official court notice later Friday that prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26. Each man has been charged with capital murder for Nungaray’s June 16 death. Martinez-Rangel and Pena each remained jailed on $10 million bonds.
“Jocelyn’s murder was as vile, brutal and senseless as any case in my tenure as district attorney,” Ogg said in a statement. “And it was made worse by knowing that these two men were here illegally and, had they been held after being captured at the border, they would never have had the opportunity to murder Jocelyn and destroy her family’s future.”
The Associated Press sent emails Friday seeking comment from attorneys for both men.
Prosecutors allege the two men kidnapped, sexually assaulted and strangled the girl before leaving her body in shallow water below a bridge. Her body was found in a creek on June 17. A medical examiner concluded she had been strangled.
Martinez-Rangel and Pena had been arrested earlier in the year near El Paso by the U.S. Border Patrol after entering the country without documentation. Both were released and given notices to appear in court at a later date.
Republicans used Nungaray’s death and other cases in which immigrants who entered the country illegally were accused of committing violent crimes to criticize how President Joe Biden managed the U.S.-Mexico border during his administration. In another case, Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan man, was sentenced to life in prison last month for the death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.
Trump has alleged that migrants have caused skyrocketing crime rate. Multiple studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for 2 Venezuelan men accused of killing Texas girl
The death of Jocelyn Nungaray was among several cases this year that became flashpoints in the debate over the U.S.'s immigration policies.
Toronto terror suspect now charged with multiple war crimes
Ahmed Eldidi and his son were arrested in Richmond Hill in July
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Dec 17, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto with his son is now also facing multiple war crime charges, police said Tuesday.
The RCMP said 62-year-old Ahmed Eldidi — who was arrested along with his son earlier this year for alleged terrorism offences — faces four war crime charges, including murder, mutilation and torture against a protected person in a “non-international armed conflict.”
It’s the first national security investigation where war crimes charges have been laid in Canada, the force said in a news release.
The RCMP declined to provide further comment on the charges or the Eldidis, citing the ongoing investigation.
Eldidi and his son, 26-year-old Mostafa Eldidi, were arrested in Richmond Hill in July on nine terrorism charges, including conspiracy to commit murder on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The RCMP had said at the time that the two men were in the advanced stages of planning a “serious, violent attack” in Toronto.
The Mounties said Tuesday that the elder Eldidi appeared in court on Monday in relation to the new charges.
The elder Eldidi had been the subject of particular scrutiny in the wake of the arrests after Global News reported that he had allegedly appeared in an ISIS video in 2015, and still went on to obtain Canadian citizenship. The Canadian Press has not independently reviewed the video.
Following the arrests, the federal public safety minister provided a House of Commons committee with a detailed timeline of the pair’s immigration file, confirming that the elder Eldidi arrived in Canada in February 2018.
According to the government’s timeline, he had made a refugee claim in June of that year, and became a citizen in May 2024 before his arrest just months later.
The son, who is not a Canadian citizen, was first rejected for a study permit in July 2019. He then entered Canada in February 2020 on a U.S. student visa and applied for asylum, later obtaining refugee status in July 2022, according to the timeline.
Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc had told the committee at the time that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service had become aware of the threat posed by the two men in June and the minister was briefed on July 24.
The Canadian Border Services Agency, CSIS and the Immigration Department launched a review in August to determine whether they should make any changes to better detect individuals like the alleged terror suspects.
torontosun.com
Ahmed Eldidi and his son were arrested in Richmond Hill in July
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Dec 17, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto with his son is now also facing multiple war crime charges, police said Tuesday.
The RCMP said 62-year-old Ahmed Eldidi — who was arrested along with his son earlier this year for alleged terrorism offences — faces four war crime charges, including murder, mutilation and torture against a protected person in a “non-international armed conflict.”
It’s the first national security investigation where war crimes charges have been laid in Canada, the force said in a news release.
The RCMP declined to provide further comment on the charges or the Eldidis, citing the ongoing investigation.
Eldidi and his son, 26-year-old Mostafa Eldidi, were arrested in Richmond Hill in July on nine terrorism charges, including conspiracy to commit murder on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The RCMP had said at the time that the two men were in the advanced stages of planning a “serious, violent attack” in Toronto.
The Mounties said Tuesday that the elder Eldidi appeared in court on Monday in relation to the new charges.
The elder Eldidi had been the subject of particular scrutiny in the wake of the arrests after Global News reported that he had allegedly appeared in an ISIS video in 2015, and still went on to obtain Canadian citizenship. The Canadian Press has not independently reviewed the video.
Following the arrests, the federal public safety minister provided a House of Commons committee with a detailed timeline of the pair’s immigration file, confirming that the elder Eldidi arrived in Canada in February 2018.
According to the government’s timeline, he had made a refugee claim in June of that year, and became a citizen in May 2024 before his arrest just months later.
The son, who is not a Canadian citizen, was first rejected for a study permit in July 2019. He then entered Canada in February 2020 on a U.S. student visa and applied for asylum, later obtaining refugee status in July 2022, according to the timeline.
Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc had told the committee at the time that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service had become aware of the threat posed by the two men in June and the minister was briefed on July 24.
The Canadian Border Services Agency, CSIS and the Immigration Department launched a review in August to determine whether they should make any changes to better detect individuals like the alleged terror suspects.
Toronto terror suspect now charged with multiple war crimes
The RCMP say it's the first national security investigation where war crimes charges have been laid in Canada.
'Immigration consequences' unlikely for man linked to deadly 401 crash
Even for a repeat convicted criminal with a cameo role in one of 2024's most egregious horrors
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Dec 18, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Like an indulgent parent, an Oshawa judge warned Manpreet Gill that he could face “immigration consequences.”
Well, we all know the word “consequences” has been redacted from the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.
Even for a repeat convicted criminal with a cameo role in one of 2024’s most egregious horrors.
Nonetheless, Ontario Court Justice Russell Wood gamely soldiered on.
He told Gill: “I understand that … there’s the potential for immigration consequences.”
Then the jurist signed off on a joint sentencing submission delivering Gill a five-and-a-half month jail term (HAR!HAR!) – more than time served – and two years’ probation.
According to CBC News, Gill, 38, pleaded guilty last month in an Oshawa court to three counts, including the lesser charge of theft under $5,000. Gill initially faced 13 charges.
His status in this country is murky and he was on probation when the incident occurred, the second time in the past two years he breached.
Blame opioid addiction, he told the court in Punjabi.
Of course, one may wonder why the CBSA wasn’t waiting outside the courthouse to escort Mr. Gill to an awaiting plane and whisk him back to India.
Last week, my Toronto Sun colleague Bryan Passifiume reported that almost 30,000 people ordered for deportation are in the wind. CBSA has simply lost track of them, so there’s that.
But let’s rewind.
Gill was acting as a lookout during an LCBO heist in Clarington on April 29 that led to the wrong-way death crash on Hwy. 401 that claimed the lives of four people, including a baby.
Cops say his buddy Gagandeep Singh, 21, pulled a knife on an off-duty cop during the robbery that saw the master criminals flee with $1,602.80 in booze. The duo then split in a U-Haul van.
A dramatic high-speed chase saw Singh — who was driving — eventually drive the wrong way down the nation’s busiest highway. It culminated in a multi-vehicle crash that killed three-month-old Aditya Vivaan and two of his grandparents visiting from India. The baby’s parents were also injured.
Singh also died in the crash. Gill had nothing to do with the road tragedy, court heard.
As for Singh, the killer driver, he too was out on bail after being accused of a slew of violent robberies in Burlington, Oakville and Milton in January.
He was arrested and charged again at the end of February for robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle. One of his conditions was not to get behind the wheel.
Singh’s immigration status was also foggy but still, we gave him chance after chance and that naive generosity cost three innocent people their lives.
He too was an illegal immigrant but as the now-sainted former finance minister Chrystia Freeland scolded reporters, bringing up that pertinent fact was, in fact, “not very Canadian.”
Years ago, when I moved to New York, I was terrified of getting pissed in Peoria on a Saturday night because I could get booted from the country if things went south.
Not so much for the small army making their way through the jails and courthouses of Canada. There are no “consequences.”
But don’t bring that up. It wouldn’t be “very Canadian.”
The crash remains under investigation by the province’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit.
bhunter@postmedia.com
@HunterTOSun
torontosun.com
Even for a repeat convicted criminal with a cameo role in one of 2024's most egregious horrors
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Dec 18, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Like an indulgent parent, an Oshawa judge warned Manpreet Gill that he could face “immigration consequences.”
Well, we all know the word “consequences” has been redacted from the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.
Even for a repeat convicted criminal with a cameo role in one of 2024’s most egregious horrors.
Nonetheless, Ontario Court Justice Russell Wood gamely soldiered on.
He told Gill: “I understand that … there’s the potential for immigration consequences.”
Then the jurist signed off on a joint sentencing submission delivering Gill a five-and-a-half month jail term (HAR!HAR!) – more than time served – and two years’ probation.
According to CBC News, Gill, 38, pleaded guilty last month in an Oshawa court to three counts, including the lesser charge of theft under $5,000. Gill initially faced 13 charges.
His status in this country is murky and he was on probation when the incident occurred, the second time in the past two years he breached.
Blame opioid addiction, he told the court in Punjabi.
Of course, one may wonder why the CBSA wasn’t waiting outside the courthouse to escort Mr. Gill to an awaiting plane and whisk him back to India.
Last week, my Toronto Sun colleague Bryan Passifiume reported that almost 30,000 people ordered for deportation are in the wind. CBSA has simply lost track of them, so there’s that.
But let’s rewind.
Gill was acting as a lookout during an LCBO heist in Clarington on April 29 that led to the wrong-way death crash on Hwy. 401 that claimed the lives of four people, including a baby.
Cops say his buddy Gagandeep Singh, 21, pulled a knife on an off-duty cop during the robbery that saw the master criminals flee with $1,602.80 in booze. The duo then split in a U-Haul van.
A dramatic high-speed chase saw Singh — who was driving — eventually drive the wrong way down the nation’s busiest highway. It culminated in a multi-vehicle crash that killed three-month-old Aditya Vivaan and two of his grandparents visiting from India. The baby’s parents were also injured.
Singh also died in the crash. Gill had nothing to do with the road tragedy, court heard.
As for Singh, the killer driver, he too was out on bail after being accused of a slew of violent robberies in Burlington, Oakville and Milton in January.
He was arrested and charged again at the end of February for robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle. One of his conditions was not to get behind the wheel.
Singh’s immigration status was also foggy but still, we gave him chance after chance and that naive generosity cost three innocent people their lives.
He too was an illegal immigrant but as the now-sainted former finance minister Chrystia Freeland scolded reporters, bringing up that pertinent fact was, in fact, “not very Canadian.”
Years ago, when I moved to New York, I was terrified of getting pissed in Peoria on a Saturday night because I could get booted from the country if things went south.
Not so much for the small army making their way through the jails and courthouses of Canada. There are no “consequences.”
But don’t bring that up. It wouldn’t be “very Canadian.”
The crash remains under investigation by the province’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit.
bhunter@postmedia.com
@HunterTOSun
HUNTER: 'Immigration consequences' unlikely for man linked to deadly 401 crash
Like an indulgent parent, an Oshawa judge warned Manpreet Gill that he could face "immigration consequences."