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Canada braced for migrants as Trump reiterates mass deportation vow (www.theguardian.com)
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Canada is bracing for a surge of migrants to its southern border after Donald Trump doubled down on his pledge to conduct the largest mass deportation in American history.

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During Trump’s first term in office, tens of thousands of Haitians fled to Canada after he ended temporary protected status for the group (it was later restored). Many passed through the Roxham Road crossing, a rural country road that served as funnel for refugees attempting to safely traverse the world’s longest land border.

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The RCMP says it has plans to deal with a fresh increase in crossings that has been “several months” in the making. A spokesperson for the federal police said officers had the “tools and insight” to deal with another increase, including a scenario in which hundreds of people cross every day.

If those crossing claim asylum, the RCMP cannot send them back to the United States. Instead, their claims are entered into a system with an estimated backlog of 250,000 cases. The average processing time for a case is 44 months, a parliamentary committee heard on Thursday.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Which is ironic because the United States has been dealing with the reverse problem for at least two years now! People get to Canada and then walk across the northern border and grab a bus / cab / uber into New York. Cash Jordan, a youtuber in New York City, did a video on this earlier in the year.