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    Oh Canada: Francis aims to stem tide of illegal immigrants

    Steven Edwards, Canwest News Service
    Published: Monday, June 02, 2008

    NEW YORK -- Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis said Monday Ottawa needs to begin a massive publicity campaign across the United States to warn illegal immigrants they should think twice about seeing Canada as a soft touch.

    Speaking after telling an immigration conference in New York of the crisis Windsor suffered last fall, Francis said undocumented people need to know that heading for Canada may not be in their best long- term interest.

    "It should be made clear that, yes, they may be allowed entry into Canada, and yes, there may be a delay before your case is heard, but once your case is heard, the likelihood of success is very slim," Francis said at the Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College.
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    File photo of Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis. On Monday, Francis told a New York crowd Ottawa needs to begin a massive publicity campaign across the United States to warn illegal immigrants they should think twice about seeing Canada as a soft touch.

    "And they should also be told not to relocate your families because you may be sent back."

    From last August, hundreds of mainly Mexican illegal immigrants began crossing from the United States into Windsor -- many originating in Naples, Fla., where they had paid a local unscrupulous operator $500 for an information and transportation package that would supposedly result in their receiving refugee status in Canada.

    Under Canadian law, Windsor and Ontario were obliged to offer shelter and other welfare funds to the applicants while their cases made their way through a hopelessly backlogged refugee adjudication process. But around 97 per cent of such cases are rejected -- and the people deported back to their home countries.

    "In Naples we were reactive in terms of the federal government of Canada," Francis said of a publicity campaign the government launched in Florida to warn locals of the likely outcome unless they were bona fide refugees.

    "The government at the federal level now has to be proactive in terms of communicating, and getting out ahead of the curve in other parts of the United States."

    The necessity of an immediate campaign, Francis said, stems from the observation of several conference speakers that state and city authorities in the U.S. are expected to become increasingly involved in turning in illegal immigrants in the absence of comprehensive federal reform to deal with an estimated 12 million undocumented people. As the threat they will be discovered increases, people search for a way out.

    "That's what triggered the Naples (exodus)," Francis said.

    He acknowledged the campaign might be costly -- but financing it was "better than having to provide social services and health care" to increasing amounts of people.

    "We have our consulates, we have our local agencies, we have the network there to get the message across," he added of Canada's reach into the United States.

    Francis also said the federal government should work to speed up the refugee application process -- which can currently take up to two years to complete. Doing so would reduce the window during which applicants who are eventually unsuccessful can live in Canada.

    http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/ ... 740b9be22f
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    Currently North Crolina alone has five times more illegal aliens than there are in all of Canada.
    I support enforcement and see its lack as bad for the 3rd World as well. Remittances are now mostly spent on consumption not production assets. Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)

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    Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis said Monday Ottawa needs to begin a massive publicity campaign across the United States to warn illegal immigrants they should think twice about seeing Canada as a soft touch
    What Canada? You don't want anything to do with 20-30 million illegal invaders, most of whom are from Mexico, invading your country and demanding rights and benefits. You don't want anything to do with the ethno-centric groups like La Raza and other who's only concern is to promote the interests of those belonging to their "race." Not only that, but your government will also get the opportunity to subsidize these groups as they continue to demand ever more rights and privileges for their illegal bretheren.

    Your not interested in watching as entire neighborhoods and cities turn into third-world barrios, as your being told that such transformations are wonderful for the sake of "diversity." How come?

    Why not Canada? What could be wrong? We have been told in the United States and have been basically ordered to accept that illegal invaders are wonderful people who only come here seeking a better life and to do the jobs Americans will not do. They have exceptional family values and are an asset to any community!
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    Canada is smart for nipping this in the bud right from the git go. Too bad our government didn't do the same thing.
    RIP TinybobIdaho -- May God smile upon you in his domain forevermore.

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    We've become an example they do not want to follow.
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