“The federal government is finally acknowledging that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has been too lenient in issuing visas, and that our asylum system is being abused.
Last month, Immigration Minister Marc Miller admitted that Ottawa needed to do a “stronger job” of preventing people who had been given visitor visas from taking advantage of our overly generous policies. He had previously acknowledged that the immigration system had gotten “out of control” and he’s called overseas police checks “unreliable.” He has also said it was “alarming” that increasing numbers of international students were claiming asylum to stay in Canada, and he has drawn attention to India, “where we are seeing people exploiting the visa system.” India was already the main source country for both permanent and temporary residents in Canada; it is now also a source of migrants who are “not legitimate asylum claimants,” according to Mr. Miller.
The minister’s general nonchalance about the government’s overly generous immigration policies speaks volumes. When he suggests that the visa process has to be tightened, for instance, he avoids mentioning the work of his predecessor in the immigration portfolio, Sean Fraser, who deliberately relaxed the screening procedures for visitor visas despite warnings from his own department that there would be an increase in asylum claims, and that the decision risked “eroding public confidence in managed migration.” Since then, an increasing number of alleged visitors have decided to stay permanently, often by claiming asylum upon arrival, which explains the record-breaking numbers of claims at airports in Toronto and Montreal – even though the government has not been forthcoming about them.
Granting foreigners such easy access to the country has led to various consequences, but one of the most significant has been the potential damage to the vital Canada-U.S. relationship, with our system incentivizing people to illegally cross our land border into America. This has led to an explosion in encounters with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); in the 2023 fiscal year, CBP arrested roughly 7,000 migrants – more than the previous 12 years combined – and there has been an average of 15,000 CBP encounters per month for the last couple of years. CBP has had significantly more entry-port encounters with migrants who are on the U.S.’s terror watchlist at its northern border than at its southern one with Mexico. Lucrative smuggling networks have even emerged, and they are brazenly advertising themselves on social media.
Washington has become increasingly vocal about this problem. It is likely even more concerned after a Pakistani citizen who had arrived in Canada through a student visa was arrested and charged last month for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack in New York City.“
They did it to prop up GDP, to create a per capita recession to hide a technical recession. Entrenching the large wealth inequality created from QE in the process.
Its weird the NDP can be so bad in this timeline, they really were the thing supposed to prevent his miscarriage of justice to happen.
the-armchair-potato on
Every system in this country is being abused/gamed and the government doesn’t supply the resources to police any of the laws they create. Makes Canada look like a joke and honestly that makes me very upset. I used to be proud to be Canadian 😔
SkinnedIt on
They *should* feel that way.
I sincerely hope they force us to change, because our politicians don’t seem to have enough incentives to do so. Fucking cowards.
TheSlav87 on
People just noticing this now, as if the Liberals didn’t have the intentions to do this in the first place.
fryfryfry619s on
As the article said “India is one of the main source country for both temporary and permanent” .
If Canada doesn’t fix this issue it’s going to end up tainting the relationship with US
motu8pre on
I still remember the government calling people who pointed out the issues with our open door policy xenophobic, only a few years ago.
Yet here we are, still no real change, accepting more people than we need or can handle.
Hicalibre on
Is Miller even aware what he is Minister of?
grumpyoger on
Been watching this train wreck coming for years but if anyone dared to say anything ,they were/are automatically labeled “racist” and covered up. Great system we have .
Hydraulis on
We’ve ruined our own immigration system, why not work on ruining the US too?
FromundaCheeseLigma on
I love where all that “at least we’re not the US!” Bullshitting got us 🤣
aidank91 on
Canadian politicians are puppets to the world’s unelected forums. A gross display of negligence and incompetence whether done with malice or pure stupidity.
zipyourhead on
The doormat of the world…
Competitive_Flow_814 on
With all this immigrants, the Liberals must believe they have an unlimited supply of money . Whenever these people come into the country it takes money to support them . You can basically as the federal government spent next to nothing on homegrown homeless .
Noob1cl3 on
But Justin said all their decisions would be results based and not ideology driven…
Cosmic_Nebula87 on
Canada has become an immigration irritant for Canadian citizens.
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“The federal government is finally acknowledging that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has been too lenient in issuing visas, and that our asylum system is being abused.
Last month, Immigration Minister Marc Miller admitted that Ottawa needed to do a “stronger job” of preventing people who had been given visitor visas from taking advantage of our overly generous policies. He had previously acknowledged that the immigration system had gotten “out of control” and he’s called overseas police checks “unreliable.” He has also said it was “alarming” that increasing numbers of international students were claiming asylum to stay in Canada, and he has drawn attention to India, “where we are seeing people exploiting the visa system.” India was already the main source country for both permanent and temporary residents in Canada; it is now also a source of migrants who are “not legitimate asylum claimants,” according to Mr. Miller.
The minister’s general nonchalance about the government’s overly generous immigration policies speaks volumes. When he suggests that the visa process has to be tightened, for instance, he avoids mentioning the work of his predecessor in the immigration portfolio, Sean Fraser, who deliberately relaxed the screening procedures for visitor visas despite warnings from his own department that there would be an increase in asylum claims, and that the decision risked “eroding public confidence in managed migration.” Since then, an increasing number of alleged visitors have decided to stay permanently, often by claiming asylum upon arrival, which explains the record-breaking numbers of claims at airports in Toronto and Montreal – even though the government has not been forthcoming about them.
Granting foreigners such easy access to the country has led to various consequences, but one of the most significant has been the potential damage to the vital Canada-U.S. relationship, with our system incentivizing people to illegally cross our land border into America. This has led to an explosion in encounters with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); in the 2023 fiscal year, CBP arrested roughly 7,000 migrants – more than the previous 12 years combined – and there has been an average of 15,000 CBP encounters per month for the last couple of years. CBP has had significantly more entry-port encounters with migrants who are on the U.S.’s terror watchlist at its northern border than at its southern one with Mexico. Lucrative smuggling networks have even emerged, and they are brazenly advertising themselves on social media.
Washington has become increasingly vocal about this problem. It is likely even more concerned after a Pakistani citizen who had arrived in Canada through a student visa was arrested and charged last month for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack in New York City.“
More: https://archive.ph/NUl1D
They did it to prop up GDP, to create a per capita recession to hide a technical recession. Entrenching the large wealth inequality created from QE in the process.
Its weird the NDP can be so bad in this timeline, they really were the thing supposed to prevent his miscarriage of justice to happen.
Every system in this country is being abused/gamed and the government doesn’t supply the resources to police any of the laws they create. Makes Canada look like a joke and honestly that makes me very upset. I used to be proud to be Canadian 😔
They *should* feel that way.
I sincerely hope they force us to change, because our politicians don’t seem to have enough incentives to do so. Fucking cowards.
People just noticing this now, as if the Liberals didn’t have the intentions to do this in the first place.
As the article said “India is one of the main source country for both temporary and permanent” .
Well in USA [Indian migrants drive surge in northern U.S. border crossings](https://www.npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-s1-5091259/indian-migrants-immigration-canada-northern-border-illegal-us-customs-and-border-protection)
If Canada doesn’t fix this issue it’s going to end up tainting the relationship with US
I still remember the government calling people who pointed out the issues with our open door policy xenophobic, only a few years ago.
Yet here we are, still no real change, accepting more people than we need or can handle.
Is Miller even aware what he is Minister of?
Been watching this train wreck coming for years but if anyone dared to say anything ,they were/are automatically labeled “racist” and covered up. Great system we have .
We’ve ruined our own immigration system, why not work on ruining the US too?
I love where all that “at least we’re not the US!” Bullshitting got us 🤣
Canadian politicians are puppets to the world’s unelected forums. A gross display of negligence and incompetence whether done with malice or pure stupidity.
The doormat of the world…
With all this immigrants, the Liberals must believe they have an unlimited supply of money . Whenever these people come into the country it takes money to support them . You can basically as the federal government spent next to nothing on homegrown homeless .
But Justin said all their decisions would be results based and not ideology driven…
Canada has become an immigration irritant for Canadian citizens.