Conservatives panic over non-existent smuggling ring in Canada – Progressive Bloggers // Blogues progressistes

There are plenty of things to worry about here in Canada, the economy,
jobs, family, security, how to put food on the table etc.Cross-border
human smuggling is actually at the bottom of the list, probably the
least of our concerns.

But not for National Post conservatives.

According
to one of the newspaper’s columnists, smuggling rings are so prominent
and operate with such ease shuttling unqualified individuals and
families across our border with the U.S., that we may in fact be living
next door to these clandestine scofflaws without even knowing it.

The
article, titled “Immigration reveals thriving illegal alien
smuggling industry in Canada” concludes based on a single case where a
Bangladeshi national by the name of Shaid Uddin was smuggled by
unidentified Pakistani and Spanish men into Canada and shuttled to
Montreal.

The operation was only made known to Canadian
authorities after Mr. Uddin applied for a permanent resident status.
Unfortunately, Mr. Uddin has been deported from the country back in 2003
after a failed refugee claim. He originally arrived in Canada in 2000
and is currently married to a Canadian woman.

Mr. Uddin made
several appeals between 2000 and 2003 citing humanitarian grounds for
his continued stay in the country. And more recently, after his
application for permanent residence was denied, he has taken an appeal
to Justice Sean Harrington.

However, Harrington showed no mercy
in denying Uddin’s appeal. He said: “One might wonder what duty one owes
to a scofflaw who deliberately flaunts our laws and wallows back into
the country” and “Be that as it may, whatever duty of fairness the
immigration officer owed was discharged.”

Now at least
conservatives like Harrington and the author of the article can sleep
well at night knowing that one less dangerous foaming at the mouth
immigrant is off Canada’s streets.