Iconic moment from Trump era: Canadian Mounties - helping a refugee family flee over the US border.

[kpete]

Last edited Sun Feb 12, 2017, 09:40 AM - Edit history (3)

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/asylum-seeking-syrian-family-crosses-into-quebec-from-u-s-in-15c-weather-1.3978598

[rug]

1. O, Canada!

"The land of hope for all who toil,
The true North strong and free!"

[spooky3]

2. Heartbreaking. I hope they will be ok.

[FBaggins]

3. They were then very likely arrested

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/02/10/is-trumps-refugee-crackdown-threat-pushing-asylum-seekers-into-canada.html

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. The Star is a right wing rag. Rest assured they are better treated than desert crossers in the south

[FBaggins]

5. How about globalnews.ca?

http://globalnews.ca/news/3243314/syrian-family-enters-quebec-through-us-canada-border/

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Quebec confirmed that a family of three was arrested in Hemmingford, Que. Saturday morning after illegally crossing the border into Canada to apply for refugee status.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Oh, yes, they do get arrested, but for example, children are not separated from parents

... as seems to be routine in the south.

Usually after processing, they are released right into the community and directed to government services to help them. It's uncommon for them to be held in detention.

It's easier for the Canadians of course because the numbers aren't as high as in the south.

I don't know about globalnews.ca.

[jmg257]

8. Yep..seems they take good care of them...

"border between ports of entry and whenever someone crosses without reporting themselves they’ve committed an offense under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act,” she said. “We arrest them under that law.”

The asylum seekers are then detained for questioning and given access to medical treatment if it is required.

“Basically we want to see if all they did is cross the border, we need to make sure there were no criminal code offenses.”

According to Habel, if no red flags are raised, the Canadian Border Services Agency takes over and the immigration process starts."

Hopefully this will continue as the flow increases.

[Fred Sanders]

7. That baby looks awfully dangerous, eh, Trumpenstein? How I hate that insane man.

[justhanginon]

9. Trump's America. A wall to the South to keep people out and

in the future, a wall to the North to keep people in. At the rate things are going, the wall to the north may be one he has to concentrate on as more and more people find it impossible to live under a fascist regime.

[bdamomma]

10. Oh Canada

the beautiful, Prime Minister Trudeau please be careful with 45 he is unhinged. The mobster in chief may have Canada on his hit list remember Bannon hates liberalism.