IRCC orders asylum claimants who crossed U.S. border irregularly to leave or they’ll have someone look out the window for ya!

IRCC orders asylum claimants who crossed U.S. border irregularly to leave or they’ll have someone look out the window for ya!

IRCC orders asylum claimants who crossed U.S. border irregularly to leave or face deportation

Asylum seekers who crossed the border from the United States irregularly and claimed asylum are being ordered by the immigration department to leave Canada as soon as possible or face being deported, after the passing of a new law tightening up asylum rules.

Immigration lawyers have expressed fears that many foreign nationals receiving warning letters from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will now cross back into the U.S. and be detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and deported.


And deported? They say that like it’s a bad thing.

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The tough job market isn’t getting any better for young Canadians

The tough job market isn’t getting any better for young Canadians

Landing a first job can be challenging at the best of times, but in recent years, the search has become even more daunting for young Canadians.

“I’ve applied for over 100 companies and so far I haven’t found any even for an interview,” said recent graduate Jay-Owen Angeles at a Calgary job fair aimed at youth ages 15 to 24.

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Man fined $70K after dozens of foreign nationals found working illegally in Banff

Man fined $70K after dozens of foreign nationals found working illegally in Banff

An Ontario man has been fined $70,000 and sentenced to two years of probation and 50 hours of community service after dozens of foreign nationals from Mexico were found illegally working in the Banff area.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and RCMP launched an investigation into suspected illegal immigration activity in June 2022, eventually identifying a group of people travelling from Ontario to Alberta to work illegally in the hospitality industry in Banff National Park.


70K? Just the cost of doing business. What’s needed is jail and asset forfeiture.

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Toronto mans: The strange, multicultural slang of Toronto’s teenagers

Toronto mans: The strange, multicultural slang of Toronto’s teenagers

“That’s my crodie,” the teenage girl squawks loudly, slapping her male friend on the chest as she lets the final word of her sentence roll on: “-deeeeeeeeeeeee”. Passers-by in Jane Finch, a shopping centre in a downtrodden Toronto suburb, do not recoil at this strange pronunciation. They push past the pair into McDonald’s, where, slumped across seats, schoolchildren roll large spliffs. Their sentences are similarly strange, flecked with terms like “gerbert” and “two-twos”. Asked about Shoreham, a nearby estate, an aggrieved teenager exclaims “oppblock”.

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Immigration officers told not to judge credibility of asylum seekers, even if they doubt their stories

Immigration officers told not to judge credibility of asylum seekers, even if they doubt their stories

Immigration experts say the front-line officials charged with initially questioning refugee claimants do not have enough latitude to probe the details of claimants’ stories, even if there is reason to doubt them.

The issue of how and when claimants are questioned came to public attention late last month. That’s when figures provided to MPs on the Commons immigration committee revealed that the Immigration and Refugee Board, which adjudicates asylum claims, has since 2019 processed more than 45,000 refugee cases based on paperwork alone, without in-person hearings, as it deals with a backlog of claims.

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Tasha Kheiriddin: Bill C-12 will not solve Canada’s immigration problems

Tasha Kheiriddin: Bill C-12 will not solve Canada’s immigration problems

Last month, Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act received royal assent. The law gives the Minister of Immigration, Lena Diab, the power to pause applications “in the public interest.” It also retroactively bars persons with expired one-year permits (such as student visas, or temporary work permits) from subsequently filing refugee claims, as they can now do when other avenues to permanent residency are closed. It also eliminates the loophole whereby persons who enter the country illegally and remain undetected for 14 days can also file a refugee claim, under the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement.


It’s a Band-Aid and an awfully small one.

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Toronto’s well-heeled are protecting themselves from the impact of all that cheap labour their Liberal party pals imported for them

Toronto’s well-heeled are protecting themselves from the impact of all that cheap labour their Liberal party pals imported for them

Row over ‘virtual gated community’ AI surveillance plan in Toronto neighbourhood

A row has broken out in one of Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods over plans to use an AI-powered surveillance system to create the country’s first “virtual gated community” to combat surging property crime.

Crime rates in Toronto as a whole are dropping but residents of Rosedale have been left on edge by a sustained rise in home invasions, with robbers targeting the tree-lined neighbourhood at a rate more than double the city average. Break-ins and thefts remain the third highest per capita in Toronto.


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Shaken by break-ins, an affluent Toronto neighbourhood takes action

The squad of private security cars fans out after nightfall, their little rooftop lights flashing yellow against the historic homes and manicured hedges of Rosedale. Their drivers patrol the streets slowly, stopping to inspect parked cars and following any suspicious drivers.

Other unmarked security vehicles idle nearby, their drivers wearing bulletproof vests under their shirts, ready to respond to break-ins in six minutes or less.

Inside those graceful homes, residents have prepared crude fortifications: door braces, newly installed alarms, hammer-proof glass.

h/t Patti Jo

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A ‘perfect storm’ in the ER: Why one Toronto hospital is sounding the alarm

A ‘perfect storm’ in the ER: Why one Toronto hospital is sounding the alarm

Emergency visits are surging at an east-end Toronto hospital, forcing staff to treat twice as many patients as the facility was built for.

Michael Garron Hospital tells CP24 that emergency department visits have climbed 31 per cent compared to the previous five-year average, with pediatric cases jumping 74 per cent. The spike comes as hospitals across Ontario face mounting pressure tied to funding constraints, staffing challenges, and growing patient needs.

“This is really because of the area that we serve. We have the privilege of serving a community that is represented by a number of patients that are newcomers to Canada, patients that don’t have previous access to care,” he said.

h/t Patti Jo

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Sabrina Maddeaux: Liberals won’t admit that immigration system has been corrupted

Sabrina Maddeaux: Liberals won’t admit that immigration system has been corrupted

The federal government would love Canadians to believe their monumental immigration screwup was a simple one — that they naively opened the floodgates too far, too fast, surging newcomer numbers past sustainable levels. This version of events both limits their political liability and allows for a band-aid solution of temporarily decreasing immigration targets.

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Canada approved 98% of Indian student visas despite fraud flags: Report

The Auditor General of Canada recently flagged gaps in how student visas are being assessed. In a report tabled in Parliament last week, it said countries with a high risk of fraudulent applications generally saw low approval rates — with “one important exception” in India.

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Refugee tribunal ruled on more than 45,000 cases since 2019 without an in-person hearing

The independent tribunal that decides refugee claims has since 2019 ruled on more than 45,000 asylum cases based on paperwork alone without an in-person hearing, raising concerns from the Conservatives and experts that this could dilute scrutiny and compromise national security.

Figures provided to MPs on the Commons immigration committee by the Immigration and Refugee Board show that in that period, Iranian asylum claimants have had the most claims decided without an in-person hearing, with 10,730 claims decided based on paper reviews of their files.


An immediate halt to all refugee clams followed by mass deportation works for me.

 

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Nope. Not worried one bit …

A major immigration reform bill is now law in Canada. Some worry it rolls back refugee rights

A major bill reforming immigration powers is now law in Canada, giving Ottawa powers to mass cancel groups of visas and setting time limits on asylum claims in the name of bringing immigration numbers under control.

But the legislation, passed Thursday, has also raised concerns from a coalition of civil society groups, including Amnesty International, immigration lawyers and public sector unions, that says it places too much authority in the government’s hands and is vowing to fight it.

“Bill C-12 attacks the rights of refugees and migrants,” Julia Sande, a lawyer specializing in privacy and migrant rights at Amnesty International Canada, said in an interview with CBC News. “It makes it harder for people to have their claims for refugee protection fairly assessed, so it puts people at risk of being deported to face persecution and torture.”


Just the usual scammers dislike this and frankly it doesn’t go far enough.

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Maybe working the foreign student scam wasn’t such a great idea after all.

‘Canada as a brand has suffered’: Post-secondary schools react to AG report on international students

A little more than an hour outside of Ottawa, the small town of Perth, Ont. is dotted on roadways and in windows with signs that say “Save our College.”

The town is hoping there will be a resolution after Algonquin College announced the closure of its Perth campus last year, among other cuts, citing a multi-million dollar deficit and the federal cap on international students as factors. This month, the school approved cuts to 30 more programs.

“Of course, it’s an economic advantage to the community, because you have students here buying groceries, renting rooms and so on. But it’s that the type of college with the heritage masonry and the heritage carpentry has been here for so long. It’s so well known, it fits in well with the heritage of Perth,” Mayor Judy Brown told CTV News.


How come the grifters who gamed the system are still employed?

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Federal memo links immigration policy to rising youth unemployment in Canada

A federal briefing memo is contradicting years of government messaging, acknowledging that immigration policies allowing foreign students expanded access to jobs — at the expense of Canadian youth employment.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the internal document from Employment and Social Development Canada cites an 18% unemployment rate among Canadian students and attributes worsening job prospects in part to a surge in non-permanent residents, including international students.

(Incognito)

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Tourist towns ‘desperate’ to depress wages for everyone in Alberta

Tourist towns ‘desperate’ for workers in Alberta

Canada’s tourism industry is struggling to find workers as employers face tighter rules on foreign labour and fewer Canadians stepping into the sector.

In Alberta’s mountain tourism hubs, those challenges are even more complex, with employers and job seekers pointing to a lack of affordable housing as a major barrier.

Just days after arriving in Banff, Gintare Dalmantaite is already looking for work.


If I see foreigners waiting tables and working in the kitchen my appetite is immediately suppressed and the risk makes my wallet snap shut.

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