Rio Grande of the North?
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Following up his earlier post on the subject of illegal immigration, and solutions that work, our friend Jorge Mesa-Tejada sends the following:
The tightening of immigration enforcement and state laws threatening employers with severe penalties for employing illegal immigrants—to the extent of closing the business after the second conviction–has resulted in a steady wave of illegals fleeing north to Canada for fear of deportation, not just from Arizona and Texas but from Florida and other states..Windsor, Ontario, seems to be the destination of choice, thanks to a non-profit outfit in Florida which, for a “donation of $400,” will complete the necessary paperwork to seek asylum in Canada. So reports the Windsor Star in the article Mexicans Pour Into Canada from the U.S..This influx of new mouths to feed and service is straining the coffers of the local government. Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis has appealed to Ottawa for financial help, as reported in the article “Refugees Pose ‘Potential Crisis’”.For the three weeks ending September 19, more than 45 families and 31 individuals –200 people—have crossed the Detroit River over the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor. Will the Detroit River become the northern equivalent of the Rio Grande?.
Will they be admitted permanently into Canada? Hardly. The acceptance rate of Mexicans as political refugees during the first six months of this year was 13% compared to 47% for all others. But the biggest problem for Canadian provincial governments is that the average processing period for these applications is 14.2 months, during which the refugees will consume a lot of welfare payments (up to $548 per month for individuals and $1,193 for families with two children under the age of 13) plus social services..But it gets better. Canada claims that many of those people will be sent back to the US. However, there is a fly in the ointment.“Under the U.S.-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement, asylum seekers from the United States would normally be turned back. But those coming through the United States from Mexico are an exception because the United States would require those people to have a visa, but Canada does not,”according to the Windsor Star..Thus, without spending a penny of US Treasury or using any ICE or Homeland Security personnel, the illegals self-deport themselves and must get a visa to get back in the US. More proof that existing laws can solve the problem far more efficiently than all the machinations of the currently entrenched politicians in Washington..What a delicious irony…
Jorge will join us in studio Saturday during our radio show, Meet the New Press.