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Justin Trudeau tones down warm welcome for migrants as Canada struggles to cope with influx
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 08/25/2017 | Harriet Alexander

Posted on 08/25/2017 8:07:26 AM PDT by Silentgypsy

Justin Trudeau has sought to tone down the warm welcome he promised to migrants, after arrivals at the Canadian border hit 250 a day, leaving immigration officials struggling to cope with the influx.

To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 28, 2017

But since the start of the year more than 11,300 people have crossed into Canada by foot from the US, with the surge due in large part to fears about Mr Trump’s immigration policy.

Canada is on track to record the most refugee claims in a decade.

The majority – around 85 per cent, according to Canadian officials – are from Haiti. In May Mr Trump floated the idea of rescinding a long-standing agreement to allow Haitians to remain in the country, meaning that a possible 58,000 Haitians could be deported in 2018.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: canada; migrants; welcome
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To: Silentgypsy

Throwing in the towel at a mere 11,300? Doesn’t take many to change your perspective.


41 posted on 08/25/2017 9:05:20 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (I'm tired of the Cult of Clinton. Wish she would just pass out the Koolaide)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

justin is such an absolute racist and immigrant-hating idiot. That said...canada has lots of room...look at a map. Why are the candadians so hate-filled and restrictive? Have they no compassion for their world brothers and sisters???


42 posted on 08/25/2017 9:08:28 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Silentgypsy

Shock!!! There are limits to what a country can deal with!!! Let’s start calling Trudeau a racists and see how he likes it.


43 posted on 08/25/2017 9:27:22 AM PDT by Mustangman
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To: Mustangman

Sounds like a plan!


44 posted on 08/25/2017 9:29:18 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (If the world were flat, cats would have knocked everything off the edge already.)
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To: Silentgypsy

But I thought the lefties believed it the height of evil for a nation (but perhaps just the USA...) to impose any restrictions on immigration whatsoever!


45 posted on 08/25/2017 9:59:07 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: Silentgypsy
Liberal logic...

Trudeau enforcing immigration laws = perfectly acceptable.

Trump enforcing immigration laws = racist man who is worse than Hitler

46 posted on 08/25/2017 10:02:39 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Silentgypsy
To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength.

To those fleeing poverty for a free ride, come on up! Canada has limitless resources, meaning taxpayers.

Justine's caving at 11,000? That doesn't even make the top 20 cities list in the U.S., by a factor of 10. Welcome to the party, pal.

47 posted on 08/25/2017 10:10:20 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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I hope the immigrants destroy Canada.


48 posted on 08/25/2017 10:14:03 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Reverend Wright

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49 posted on 08/25/2017 2:49:26 PM PDT by Eddie01
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