That’s a good question. If they arrive over the border from America, I would suspect that’s where they get sent back to......if they’re sent back at all. We love to take in the ones that will be at the public trough for more goodies than Carter has liver pills, so we could very well be keeping them....if they promise to vote liberal forever.
Of those stopped in 2017, 476 were arrested in January and 658 in February, an increase that prompted renewed attention from the Opposition on Tuesday.
“Canadians are tired of the Liberals inaction and denial. Where is the plan?” said Conservative public safety critic Tony Clement.
What’s driving the asylum seekers into Canada has been the subject of intense debate.
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen told MPs Monday that a deeper dive into the backgrounds of those crossing between official ports of entry suggests the political atmosphere in the U.S. isn’t to blame.
In Emerson, Man., where 142 people were apprehended in February, 65 were from Somalia and 60 from Djibouti.
Of the 60 from Djibouti, 49 held valid U.S. visas which had been issued only a few months prior, suggesting they’d intended to use the U.S. as a way point to get into Canada.
“This is definitely not specific to the incoming U.S. administration,” Hussen said.