Liberals have no plan to address the ongoing influx of migrants at Roxham Road
Using an order paper question, Conservative MP Raquel Dancho asked the Federal Government if it had a concrete plan to address the steady and sometimes increasing stream of border jumpers making improper refugee claims from a safe third country, America.
"Who is being punished in this story?"
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) January 17, 2022
Alexa Lavoie shares the latest developments from the illegal border crossing at Roxham Road.
FULL REPORT With @SheilaGunnReid and @TheVoiceAlexa Lavoie: https://t.co/OvXWoOfKAf pic.twitter.com/pUZ2PtpYsB
"About the illegal border crossing at Roxham Road: does the government have any plans to shut down the border crossing, and, if so, when?"
Alexa Lavoie returns to Roxham Road, the infamous illegal point of entry into Canada on Quebec's border with the United States.
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) January 14, 2022
FULL REPORT from @TheVoiceAlexa Lavoie: https://t.co/PmFDx5ALjl pic.twitter.com/9og9M72Dlo
The response - or lack of one -read into the Hansard record from the Public Safety Ministry indicates there is nothing tangible to end the illegal migrant crossings at the dead-end Quebec residential road.
Instead, the department's response detailed the logistics of when a migrant arrives at the illicit corner:
When asylum seekers cross the border at Roxham Road, they are advised by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that they enter Canada illegally and are subject to arrest. When the asylum seeker expresses their intent to continue and make a refugee claim, they are arrested and processed by the RCMP and subsequently transferred to the CBSA for processing the refugee claim.
Since the border restrictions under the Quarantine Act ended in 2021, there has been an increase in refugee claimants entering Canada between the POEs. Asylum seekers are once again accessing the route to Canada at Roxham Road.
Trudeau's priorities on display again. All the cops manning this entry point couldn't be relocated to BC apparently:
— Dean Skoreyko (@bcbluecon) November 22, 2021
"Quebec's Roxham Road reopens to asylum seekers after pandemic ban"https://t.co/oxI7vsLjD4
The Liberal government, however, closed the illegal point of entry during the COVID-19 pandemic before re-opening it in 2021, when unvaccinated Canadians were restricted from travel.
The first months of 2022 were the busiest winter for crossing at Roxham.
Sheila Gunn Reid
Chief Reporter
Sheila Gunn Reid is the Editor-in-Chief, Alberta Bureau Chief, member of the board of directors, and host of The Gunn Show at Rebel News. Sheila also serves as President of the Independent Press Gallery of Canada. A mother of three and longtime conservative activist, Sheila is the author of bestselling books, including her most recent release, Independence Blueprint: What Alberta Can Learn From Quebec.
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