“Societally Destructive Immigration Policy”

An investigation by Indian officials that alleges dozens of Canadian colleges and universities might be linked to a scheme of illegally ferrying students across the Canada-U.S. border reveals the “staggering” extent to which holes in the immigration system can be exploited, some experts say.

“If the allegations are true, it reveals shocking gaps in our integrity protocols.… This is deeply, deeply concerning and problematic,” Raj Sharma, a Calgary-based immigration lawyer, told CBC News Network, adding that the allegations suggest “wide-scale human smuggling.”

On a windswept corner in the center of the Canadian Prairie, a haunting roadside memorial has weathered 6 years of the elements, the sun of northern summer and its likewise dark and cold winters, and the winds which blow all year. Crosses and hockey jerseys stand as sentinels, an analog to the crosses ‘row on row’ one might see in a similar field in Belgium or France, though the battle which the jerseys of these young men mark is purely economic, and the shots fired are silent and mostly unremarked on.

h/t Patti Jo

The federal government has halted “flagpoling” just in time for Christmas, but what is this practice and what are the ramifications of Ottawa’s decision?

Flagpoling occurs when a temporary resident of Canada leaves the country and then re-enters to access immigration services. The practice is used to speed up documents such as work and study permits because they are processed more quickly at the Canadian border than if an individual makes an application from inside Canada, according to a Dec. 23 government news release.

Despite moving to Canada from India in 2018 as an international student and receiving a work permit upon graduating two years later, Dinesh* lives in Ontario today as a visitor even though that was obviously not the original plan.

But with no other way to extend his stay in Canada after the expiry of his work permit in July, the 25-year-old decided to “convert” his status by applying for a visitor visa.

If you have to call in the Army do it to rid this country of Trudeau’s replacement migrants.

The largest group of foreign nationals crossing the border illegally from Canada to the United States are from India, with a distant second being Chinese nationals. Federal authorities say that, in many cases, the foreign nationals have used “improperly” obtained visas to enter Canada before attempting to cross into the United States illegally.

Immigration Canada says it has taken measures to stem the abuse, which it says resulted in a marked drop of Canadian visa holders being intercepted south of the border.