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Mercedes Stephenson
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#Breaking the CBSA has has charged Olayinka Celestina Opaleye with organizing illegal entries into Canada at Roxham Road in Quebec offering crossings of asylum seekers for money. #cdnpoli #immigration
the CBSA alleges that in the summer of 2017 Opaleye organized illegal border crossings into Canada for several individuals. #cdnpoli #immigration
The CBSA further alleges that Opaleye was "operating as part of a network of smugglers who organized travel for these people in exchange for compensation." #cdnpoli #immigration
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Mercedes Stephenson
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The things Ambassador McCallum said at this press conference (to which Cdn media were not invited) are pretty stunning. You have the Canadian Ambassador to China saying Meng Wanzhou has a strong case and laying out her argument #cdnpoli #china #huawei
Why is the Canadian Ambassador making the case for someone the RCMP arrested? I get the government is trying to push the US and starting to run the narrative the Americans need to act and file their extradition request, but this goes way, WAY beyond that #cdnpoli #China #Huawei
I'm very curious to know if these were sanctioned comments or if Ambassador McCallum was freelancing hoping to appeal to the Chinese govt #China #cdnpoli #Huawei
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Mercedes Stephenson
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In QP today Conservative Veterans Affairs Critic @Phil4Brant bring up @globalnews story on Capt Kimberly Fawcett. McColeman notes Fawcett deployed twice and asks "When will the Libs do the right thing and cover the cost" #cdnpoli #QP #KimFawcett #veterans #CAF
Defence Minister @HarjitSajjan "I want to thank Capt Fawcett for her service to her country" (opposition MPs groan), Sajjan "we are committed to making sure he gets the support he needs" Opposition MPs "SHE!!!" #cdnpoli #CAF #veterans #QP #KimFawcett
Min Sajjan "sorry, my apologies she. But due to the complexity of the decisions that were made some time ago, this uh file is uh complex, however we will make sure that not only she has the right support but we work through the complexity to do right" #cdnpoli #veterans #QP
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Mercedes Stephenson
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Here are the exclusive new details on the @TonyclementCPC sexting debacle and how it unfolded (thread) #cdnpoli #CPC
Tony Clement is not considering resigning as an MP according to a source close to Clement #cdnpoli #CPC
This friend of Clement’s says Clement did nothing illegal and nothing unethical professionally and thus sees no reason to step down. He believes there is a road to redemption #cdnpoli #CPC
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Mona
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Breaking overnight: Once again, the courts save humanity from Donald Trump....and they're just not wasting time anymore! #TuesdayThoughts #Immigration #SouthernBorder
washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11…
2/"A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants who illegally cross the southern border into the United States, saying the policy likely violated federal law on asylum eligibility. In a ruling late Monday, Jon S. Tigar of the U.S.
3/"District Court in San Francisco issued a temporary nationwide restraining order barring enforcement of the policy. The president’s action was announced on Nov. 9, though the White House had as early as last month floated drastic changes to the way the United States affords
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UPDATE: The Presidential proclamation barring certain non-citizens from seeking #asylum after crossing the Southern border is out. How will they limit it to the #MigrantCaravan? How much more illegal can this thing get?

I haven't even read this, so let's get through ittogether
(This thread is going to be a sequel to yesterday's on the "final interim rule" rushed into effect in anticipation of this proclamation, so you might want to read that one first.)

These #s appear to be the entire justification for the proclamation, and they badly need context. They may sound scary if you're new to the issue, but check out the overall historical picture & tell me this is a natl. emergency worthy of suspending a 4,000 year-old legal right
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ASYLUM IS A HUMAN RIGHT🗽
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1/ ME, A VERY TIRED #IMMIGRATION LAWYER: this just in, our awful government is doing an illegal thing to #asylum seekers

YOU, A CONCERNED CITIZEN: Like, *how* illegal though

ME:

*pours a Laphroaig double*

okay, let's do this
2/ 1st, this is not exactly an executive order. That's coming later, via "Presidential proclamation"--obvs a totally cool & normal way to make things happen in a democracy

This "final interim rule" skips usual due process and goes into effect NOW, because #MigrantCaravan
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Greg Sarafan, Esq
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As a fmr immigration attorney let me be unambiguously clear. Crossing a boarder to claim asylum is *not* a crime; no under US or international law. Any child separated from a parent under that pretext is done so in direct contravention to the laws of the USA. ⚖ THREAD Pls RT.
If you came to the US without permission to apply for asylum, youmetjod of entry, whether legal or illegal *should* in no way effect your application process. Illegal entry is not a ground of inadmissibility for asylum applicants.
Unlike many other categories of applicants for immigration benefits, ppl seeking asylum in the US are not barred by having made an illegal entry; for example, sneaked across the U.S. border or overstaying a valid visa (one of the top ways people are in the country illegall).
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@BashirMohamed
I honestly don't get why people are so surprised by Andrew Sheer's ties to white supremacists. It's been out there and in the open for a long time.

Regardless, let me lay this out for twitter and anyone who follows #cdnpoli
For starters, his most direct connection is with Rebel Media. His 2019 campaign manager, Hamish Marshall, was a founding director of Rebel Media(!) and was a member of it's board just days before his appointment.

Let's talk about Rebel Media.
For starters, they promote white nationalist ideals like 'White Genocide,' the idea that a white state is needed because whites are losing their majority

One employee of theirs 'Faith Goldy' was an active promoter of this and was only fired after appearing on a neo-nazi podcast
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Matt Cameron 🗽
@matt_cam
1/ BREAKING: @TheJusticeDept has just authorized immigration judges to deny #asylum applications without a hearing. Like most Trump-era administrative violence, it has been unnoticed & unreported.

*sound of Scotch pouring into glass*

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#TrumpImmigration #HereToStay
2/ Important context: As head of @TheJusticeDept, the Attorney General has final say over all cases before the administrative #immigration courts. AG may snatch a case away from the Board of Immigration Appeals anytime and decide it himself by directing BIA to refer it to him.
3/ Here is the 2014 BIA holding--upholding precedent from 1989--which the AG was so intent on getting to his own desk. It may not mean much to anyone who had the good sense not to go to law school, but take a shot. (No, really: *take an actual shot* and give it a try.)
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