Yearly illegal crossings are more than double than when PM tried to blame the former Republican president for the problem
Yet six years later, and the Liberal government is no nearer stemming the tide of those people, known as irregular border crossers by the Immigration and Refugee Board, who are flooding into this country in the thousands every month.The NP Comment newsletter from columnist Colby Cosh and NP Comment editors tackles the important topics with boldness, verve and wit. Get NP Platformed delivered to your inbox weekdays by 4 p.m. ET.
Eric Adams, the Democratic mayor of New York, has acknowledged his city helps in “re-ticketing” migrants while at the same time complaining about governors from southern U.S. states sending asylum seekers to New York. Is this practice only deplorable when Republicans do it? Roxham Road shot to prominence in 2017 shortly after then U.S. president Donald Trump issued an order to restrict immigration and travel from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days.“To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcometoCanada.”
Following that tweet, irregular border crossers to Canada went from 433 in February and March of 2017
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