Thread: Canadian Public Safety Minister Claims Border Laws Are Enforced

Canadian Public Safety Minister Claims Border Laws Are Enforced
DAVID KRAYDEN
Contributor
3:45 PM 03/04/2017

Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale on Saturday made the claim that the Trudeau government is enforcing the border laws — a claim he made while standing at the border where hundreds of illegals cross from the U.S. to Canada every week.

Despite his claim, Goodale promised the local volunteer fire department another $30,000 to deal with the refugee crisis, CTV News reported.

Goodale was in Emerson, Manitoba, the isolated prairie border town that has become a flashpoint for illegal refugees, dubbed “asylum seekers.” Local authorities emphasized the increasing friction in the community as illegals come across the border and are not sent back.

Goodale attempted to argue that though the would-be refugees are crossing illegally, they shouldn’t be considered illegals because “Charges in relation to the crossing of the border cannot be laid until after the case of the particular individual under immigration rules has been finally disposed of,” he said.

In addition, the minister promised more “resources” would be sent to the town as he thanked local politicians and border control agents for being in place — and apparently enforcing the border laws.

“We all need to work together. We have to have good communication with one another. This is a set of issues that span national, provincial and local responsibilities,” Goodale told reporters without once acknowledging that Canada has not sent one illegal back to the U.S.

“The key thing is to make sure that our agencies on the ground… have the resources necessary to do the job. At the moment, they are properly resourced, but we are monitoring that very carefully as we go forward.”

Goodale said the federal government would help fund the Emerson volunteer fire department as part of its efforts to deal with the refugee crisis, announcing $30,000 to cover extra costs associated with the influx of “asylum seekers.”

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canada Border Services Agency have moved personnel to southern Manitoba and have even opened up a trailer as a makeshift border crossing to process the illegals.

Some of the “refugees” are still reporting that they think they will be deported from the U.S. because of President Donald Trump’s temporary travel freeze that has been halted by the courts.

Under the terms of the Canada-United States Safe Third Country Agreement, the illegals can be sent back to the U.S. if they try to cross at an official border crossing and have already been classified as refugees there.

The agreement doesn’t apply to unofficial border crossings.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/04/ca...#ixzz4aShuXZAa

At least 22 more asylum seekers, baby, cross into Manitoba Sunday

The refugee claimants fleeing the United States are the latest to cross into Canada

By Austin Grabish, CBC News
Posted: Feb 19, 2017 9:02 AM CT Last Updated: Feb 19, 2017 4:29 PM CT



Dozens more asylum seekers walked into Manitoba near the Emerson border Sunday morning. (Austin Grabish / CBC)
Austin Grabish
Reporter

Dozens more asylum seekers — including at least one baby — who fled the United States for Canada, made their way into Manitoba early Sunday morning, CBC News has learned

The asylum seekers are at the Emerson, Man., border right now and are waiting to be processed by agents with the Canada Border Services Agency.
Manitoba RCMP said Sunday officers had taken 22 people into custody for crossing the border this weekend alone, however more may have entered without coming into contact with police.

Police spokesman Robert Cyrenne said Mounties have now detained a total of 99 people who've crossed the border to make a refugee claim this year alone.
Some of the refugee claimants are expected to stay at the Salvation Army in Winnipeg after being processed at the border.

Maj. Rob Kerr said eight refugees stayed at the shelter Friday and he's since been told to expect at least 20 more Sunday.

'Desperate for sure'

Emerson-Franklin reeve Greg Janzen said he woke up to a text message this morning telling him more asylum seekers made their way into his Manitoba municipality.
"They're desperate for sure," Janzen said.

"At least the weather wasn't as cold as it has been, so they picked a good night I believe."



The reeve of the municipality of Emerson-Franklin, Greg Janzen, says he does not believe the flow of migrants over the border will go away any time soon. (Angela Johnston/CBC)

Jay Ihme, a spokesperson for the Emerson Fire Department, said fire crews — who handle medical calls — were dispatched to the Emerson port of entry around 6:30 a.m. to help a woman who had fallen on the ice.

The woman was from Africa and was part of the group of asylum seekers — the latest who've made their way into Manitoba.
"We had a bit of a language problem," Ihme said.

Ihme said he was sleeping when he got paged to attend to this morning's call.

He said he wasn't fazed by the call — there have been so many in recent months, it's become commonplace.

No response from Ottawa, province

Janzen said he's still yet to receive a response from Ottawa or the provincial government about what it plans to do to help address the influx of refugee claimants coming into Emerson.

"You need more boots on the ground, more RCMP, more border security people — because they don't have that huge amount of people, more resources to help out."



Asylum seekers have been walking through fields near Emerson, Man. to get into Canada. (Austin Grabish/CBC)

The reeve said he has information he wants to pass on to the two levels of government, but so far neither have responded to him.

"This is growing rapidly as far as I'm concerned with all these people coming across, and I don't think the numbers will go down," Janzen said.
As CBC News revealed in January, hundreds of asylum seekers walked into Canada near the Emerson border to make a refugee claim in 2016 alone.


Seidu Mohammed fled to Canada from the U.S. on Christmas Eve with another man from Ghana. (Austin Grabish/CBC)

The issue came into the spotlight and attracted international media attention after two Ghanaian men suffered frostbite during the walk into Manitoba from the U.S. on Christmas Eve.

Since the story of the Ghanaian men became public, several groups of other asylum seekers have made their way into Manitoba from the U.S. Many of the refugee claimants are from Somalia and come from Minneapolis.ekers

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...rson-1.3990285

I hope that the U.S. is cancelling their EBT cards.

If Canada does not want them...they can deport them back to their Country of Origin.

No refunds...no returns. We do not want them back.