Thread: Canada Cracks Down on Citizenship Fraud

Canada Cracks Down on Citizenship Fraud

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 9, 2011 at 3:21 PM ET

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's immigration minister says the country is carrying out the biggest citizenship-fraud crackdown in its history.

Jason Kenney said Friday that the federal government is investigating 6,500 people from more than 100 countries for their allegedly fraudulent attempts to become Canadian citizens or maintain permanent resident status.

Kenney says Canada is seeking to revoke citizenship from more than 2,100 people who cheated the system — a total that has climbed from 1,800 last July.

The federal government is also monitoring 4,400 permanent residents believed to be involved in residence fraud in case they try to obtain citizenship.

Kenney says Canada has the highest rate of immigrants in the developed world who go on to become citizens.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/12 ... ml?_r=1&hp

Hey Canada! Get out your bull horn and tell the idiots in charge here how to do the same! They can't seem to get the kahunas to do the right thing.