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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 these clandestine scofflaws without even knowing it.
The article, titled “Immigration fight 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.
Read more on this story here: http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/11/16/illegal-alien-smuggling-business-thriving-in-canada/