Migrants call on Trudeau to fulfill his promise to regularize the undocumented
Migrants call on Trudeau to fulfill his promise to regularize the undocumented
By Isabel Inclan
New Canadian Media
Refugees, undocumented migrants, international students and caregivers will rally Monday outside the federal government’s winter retreat in Hamilton.
Organized by the Migrant Rights Network (MRN), demonstrators want a national immigration regularization program for the 500,000 undocumented migrants in Canada.
“Enough is enough. We do not want migrants to be detained or to die in immigration prisons,” said Byron Cruz, one of the rally organizers. Advocates say that precarious immigration status leaves immigrants in vulnerable situations that can lead to labour exploitation or put their lives at risk. MRN highlights an unnamed, undocumented migrant who died in immigration custody in Surrey, B.C. on Christmas Day, as well as Fritznel Richard, who died in Quebec a few days later while crossing the border back to the U.S. after being unable to get a work permit in Canada.
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