In contrast to Trump’s first term in office, President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory in the United States has caused Canadian officials to prepare for a potential migrant flood into their nation.
The New York Times claims that the Liberal Party-led government in Canada is adopting a far more aggressive stance against illegal immigration and the potential spike in asylum requests. The nation’s border patrolling law enforcement agency, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), is getting ready to strengthen its immigration enforcement powers by expanding its workforce, acquiring more vehicles, and building additional processing facilities.
According to the New York Times, the RCMP would deploy the additional trucks to assist in border patrols between the United States and Canada and to process and hold incoming migrants in recently constructed facilities.
The northern preparations coincide with Trump’s threat to carry out the biggest deportation operation in the nation’s history after he was elected to a second, non-consecutive term in the White House. In January, he is scheduled to return to the White House and begin implementing his strict immigration enforcement policies.
Since Trump’s election, Canadian officials have discussed the potential for a wave of migrants to enter their nation.
RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Charles Poiriers told CTV News earlier in November, “We started planning because we knew that there were a lot of people in the United States who will fear being deported, and if that happens, they won’t wait for the Trump administration to seize power, it’s more likely that they will attempt to cross into Canada from now in the next few weeks until he takes on power.”
Trump’s first-term crackdown on illegal migrants was met with a different response from Trudeau’s administration.
Regardless of your creed, Canadians will welcome you if you are escaping persecution, terror, or conflict. The Canadian prime minister wrote on social media on January 28, 2017, a few days after Trump took office, “Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada.”
However, the Canadian government has realized that a shift in direction is necessary in the years following Trudeau’s public overtures. According to public opinion surveys, the policy change is mostly a reflection of the nation’s decreased tolerance for large-scale migration.
To be clear, before announcing the implementation of immigration enforcement measures in September, Canada’s immigration minister, Marc Miller, stated in an Ottawa speech that all newcomers are appreciated in Canada. However, we must equally acknowledge that this may have an effect on communities, as evidenced by the rise in young and immigrant unemployment.
We are making adjustments to further recalculate the numbers of foreign workers, international students, and permanent residents. Miller added, “That effort has already begun.
According to the New York Times, Canadian officials intend to employ an international agreement that will permit them to repatriate asylum applicants to the United States, in addition to strengthening its border infrastructure. Thesafe third countryagreement which the Trump administration heavily enforced onto Mexico at that time designates both the U.S. and Canada as safe countries for asylum requestors, meaning a migrant that arrived in the U.S. must first seek asylum there before attempting to do so in Canada.
Miller previously told reporters, “We expect that agreement to continue to be fully enforced.”
A request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation was not immediately answered by the RCMP.
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