Thousands of migrants Fear of deportation By President Trump he is fleeing to the Great White North, which leads to an increase in asylum applicants to Canada that is not seen in years.
At least 1,411 migrants tried to cross the border only in the state of New York in the first two weeks of April, according to the data of the Canadian Border Services Agency.
That is more than every March, when 1,356 people made the trip, which was Already double the average Or the previous months.
And this is only the number of people who make the thematic authorities to Canies to claim asylum: the real number of border crossings is probably higher, and many try to penetrate illegally. The border largely without surveillance.
The majority of those fleeing from the United States are Haitians trying to address French speaking Quebec.
But unlike the duration, Trump’s first administration, when former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed migrants with open arms – This time, Canada says no thanks.
“There are limits,” said Mark Carny, successor from Trudeau, in the debate of a leader in Montreal this week. “We have to be human, but realistic. Canada can’t accept everyone.”
So far this year, the Canadian authorities sent 1,130 asylum seekers to the United States.
The increase follow Trump’s threats to Go after about 30,000 migrants Of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, who had been granted the legal status that converted the Biden era.
The National Security Department said that the scheme was ending, known as the CHNV probation program, arguing that there were no urgent humanitarian reasons that guarantee their continuous presence in the United States, As Biden had claimed.
A Federal Judge of Boston Issued a preliminary injury This week to block the termination of the CHNV program, but the administration does not have it.
“While this ruling delays justice and undermines the integrity of our immigration system, the name of the secretary will use all legal options available to the department to end this chaos, prioritizing the safety of the Americans”, assistant of DHS, the prayer of postal trice of “an illegal scheme to unleash …
Due to the third safe country between the United States and Canada, migrants cannot legally claim asylum in Canada if they have arrived through the United States, in both they are safe countries and they are first seen. The agreement only allows exceptions if the asylum applicant has a family member who is a permanent or citizen resident of Canada.
The Canadian border services agency has promised to intensify the removals, and says that it has deployed more resources on the border to deal with the increase in the influx.
“The CBSA has increased the moving of inadmissible people in Canada, as many in a decade,” said the agency. “If a person does not meet an exception … He or she will be returned to the United States.”
