Feds accused of immigrant passport hassle

[collectskulls]

TORONTO -- Ottawa is being accused of "harassing" immigrants who are now required to have their passports stamped on returning from abroad.


Upset Toronto immigrant groups and lawyers said the port stamp will be used to determine how long immigrants have been outside Canada. If the time abroad exceeds guidelines, the person can have residency revoked or be denied citizenship. "This is outrageous and an abuse of process," immigration lawyer Mendel Green said yesterday.

http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/National...40171-sun.html

[barbarian]

Good, maybe next time we have to evacuate a country in the middle east, there will be less "Canadians" that we have to take.

[Toms-SC]

GOOD!

[cloud7]

well, rich immigrants will just have to take their money elsewhere I guess...

[Toms-SC]

Originally posted by cloud7
rich immigrants

[Whitetiger]

Exactly I ain't paying to have some "family dog" to be recused for $20,000 or some crap like that... it's either the dog or your kid.

Originally posted by barbarian
Good, maybe next time we have to evacuate a country in the middle east, there will be less "Canadians" that we have to take.

[962 kid]

wow what sort of left lib nutbar can call (finally) following the law an "abuse of process"

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by barbarian
Good, maybe next time we have to evacuate a country in the middle east, there will be less "Canadians" that we have to take.

I sure hope so, that whole situation was a travesty.

[NATAS.KAUPAS]

Originally posted by barbarian
Good, maybe next time we have to evacuate a country in the middle east, there will be less "Canadians" that we have to take.

[FiveFreshFish]

Why not stamp everyone's passport upon return?

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by collectskulls

Why the ?

Being an immigrant, we all know how most immigrants are abusing the old system with no tracking. This is just keeping everyone honest. You just admitted to cheating if you bitch about this.

Originally posted by cloud7
well, rich immigrants will just have to take their money elsewhere I guess...

Rich immigrants.... I don't think that exceed 10% of the immigrants that moved here. Nor do they have much impact to the economy.

At best, I think rich and working immigrants are offseting all the cost of benefits and welfare given to the non-working counterparts or relatives. But since none of us are having kids any more, we'll need to keep immigrants coming to support our society.

[collectskulls]

Originally posted by Xtrema


Why the ?

for this part

"This is outrageous and an abuse of process," immigration lawyer Mendel Green said yesterday.


Sounds to me like the are guide lines to immigration and they are finally following them.
But some moron is calling it an abuse of power

[pinoyhero]

I do not see what the issue is or why this even made the news. If you break the rules you face the penalites, why is this foreign (no pun intended). I mean seriously..this is a joke.

[01RedDX]

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[95EagleAWD]

[Super_Geo]

rich immigrants

Originally posted by Toms-SC

LOL this is coming from the SAIT grad who bitches about how he can never afford a house


As for the rule though, fucking rights! If you want this to be your country act like it.

[soupey]

Originally posted by barbarian
Good, maybe next time we have to evacuate a country in the middle east, there will be less "Canadians" that we have to take.

[GoChris]

indeed