Rare Outbreak Of Common Sense In Ottawa! Canada’s top judges cast doubt over claims it’s unsafe to return refugees to the U.S.

OTTAWA—Supreme Court of Canada judges expressed deep skepticism of claims the U.S. is not a safe country where Canada should stop sending border-crossing refugee claimants.

During a top court hearing Thursday marked by several sharp exchanges, Justices Malcolm Rowe and Russell Brown challenged lawyers who want them to strike down a Canada-U.S. deal that recognizes the U.S. as a “safe country” and returns thousands of asylum seekers to the American system.

It’s long been a politically controversial agreement.