Immigration Watch International (2): Canadians frustrated by migrant surge, illegal border crossings: 'No political will to fix this'

Friday, March 3, 2023

Canadians frustrated by migrant surge, illegal border crossings: 'No political will to fix this'

Canadians are becoming increasingly frustrated with the migrant surge at their country's border as some have called for the shut-down of Roxham Road, a major border crossing in Canada.

"Canada is soft,’" Hélène Gravel, who's house is close to Canada’s popular illegal border crossing, told the New York Times. "And the United States doesn’t care because this is nothing compared with what’s happening on their southern border."

Gravel also told the outlet that there was "no political will to fix this."

The Roxham Road crossing is used by migrants coming from the U.S., and once migrants are charged at the crossing point, they are immediately released, according to the Times.

Sean Walsh, president of the Swanton, Vermont sector of the National Border Patrol Council, called out Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in February for letting the migrant crisis worsen.

"They're not saying anything," Walsh told "America's Newsroom." "They're allowing it to happen. The visas in place, they are allowed to travel a lot easier. They fly into Montreal, Ontario, and you name it across Canada, and these cartels and smuggling organizations are making money hand over fist."

François Legault, the premier of Quebec, has called on Trudeau to shut down Roxdam Road. Legault and others have also pushed for Trudeau to renegotiate a treaty Canada has with the U.S. that they believe has fueled border crossings, the New York Times reported.

The treaty includes a loophole that allows migrants crossing illegally into Canada at an unofficial crossing, such as Roxdam Road, to claim asylum in Canada rather than the U.S., despite being in the U.S. first, according to the outlet.

An Amnesty International official in Canada told the Times that the U.S. is becoming unsafe for asylum-seekers.

"The fact that Biden is getting tougher reinforces the argument that the United States is not a safe country for asylum-seekers and that it doesn’t meet its international legal obligations regarding human rights and the reception of asylum-seekers,’’ said France-Isabelle Langlois, the director general of Amnesty International for francophone Canada.

Some migrants have had second thoughts about Canada after fleeing New York City and reportedly wanted to return to the city. One of the migrants told the outlet that it was because of "lots of snow."

New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed that they were helping migrants make their way up to Canada.

"Those who are seeking to go somewhere else — not that we’re pushing or forcing — if they’re seeking to go somewhere else, we are helping in the re-ticketing process," he said during an interview with FOX5. "Some want to go to Canada, some want to go to warmer states, and we are there for them as they continue to move on with their pursuit of this dream."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/canadians-frustrated-migrant-surge-illegal-border-crossings-no-political-will-fix

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Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.

Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.

The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:

1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.

2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.

3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.

4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.

5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.

6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.

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Immigration Watch International (2)

Friday, March 3, 2023

Canadians frustrated by migrant surge, illegal border crossings: 'No political will to fix this'

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