The Canadian Immigration Lawyer Association is calling for a plan to address a looming backlog in work permit and permanent residency applications as the Ukrainian emergency visa program ends. “We’re going to have about 200,000 Ukrainians in Canada based on this program, probably closer to 250,000. So, what is going to happen when their work … Read more
Newly released figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada show the federal government spent more than $100 million housing asylum seekers at hotels in Niagara Falls over the last year. Nearly 5,000 asylum seekers were sent to hotels in the tourist city between Feb. 1, 2023, and Feb. 1, 2024, according to the immigration department. … Read more
Newly disclosed figures show the number of refugee claimants landing at Canada’s two largest airports has sharply increased in recent years, as the government struggles to process cases and remove people whose claims are rejected. Around 72,000 people made refugee claims at airports between 2019 and 2023, according to numbers from the Immigration Refugee Board … Read more
For the first time, the Canadian government will set targets for temporary residents allowed into the country, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says. This is being done, Miller said, to ensure “sustainable” growth in the number of temporary residents coming into Canada. “Starting this fall, for the first time, we will expand the immigration levels plan … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk’s X social network Monday. The interview was supposed to kick off Lemon’s new talk show on X, formerly known as Twitter, at least until Musk canceled the show shortly after the interview … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to give Quebec total control over immigration, as tensions between the province and Ottawa deepen over an influx of asylum seekers. Trudeau met with Quebec Premier François Legault Friday morning in Montreal to discuss the issue. Legault said in the national … Read more
A person holds an American flag as they participate in a ceremony to become an American citizen during a U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services naturalization ceremony at the Miami Field Office on August 17, 2018 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The U.S. has more foreign-born residents than any other country, according to … Read more
A monumental bungle has allowed 10 detainees who allegedly breached visa conditions to walk free. The cohort were among 149 criminal non-citizens released back into the community following the landmark and controversial NZYQ ruling by Australia’s highest court last year. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Major visa bungle allows detainees to walk free. Newsletters: Breaking news … Read more
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President Joe Biden, briefly responding from the podium to jeering from Republicans during his State of the Union speech called a migrant “an illegal,” prompting criticism from his party’s progressive wing. “No human being is illegal,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) in a social media post soon afterward. In the section of his speech Thursday … Read more
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