A Toronto athlete and his family have been granted a one year reprieve from deportation to Jamaica following a public outcry and fears they could face political persecution, advocacy group Migrant Workers Alliance for Change announced Tuesday. Tamarri Lindo and his family moved to Toronto when he was 15. He’s now 20 and recently won a national…
A Toronto athlete who won bronze at Canada’s national track and field championships a little over a week ago is set to be deported to Jamaica, where he says political persecution could put his family’s lives at risk and a recovery effort is underway after a devastating hurricane. Tamarri Lindo and his family moved to Toronto when he was 15….
Sgt. Daniel Dubois pulled his unmarked SUV in behind a black Kia hatchback as it began to pick up speed down a two-lane country highway through Quebec’s borderlands with New York State. Dubois, who leads the RCMP’s Champlain border patrol unit, has a honed eye for the small details that separate local traffic from suspected vehicles on…
A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, a UN agency said Tuesday. The boat was carrying about 260 Somalis and Ethiopians from the northern coast of Somalia on the 320-kilometre journey across the Gulf of Aden when it sank Monday off of Yemen’s…
There was a sea of every colour of the rainbow as thousands joyfully moved through the streets of downtown Winnipeg Sunday afternoon for the annual Pride Parade. The parade began at 11 a.m., and travelled down Portage Avenue before ending near The Forks later in the afternoon. “It’s a party of community of people who you just…
U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted two men in connection with the deaths of an Indian migrant family over two years ago in Manitoba, along the U.S.-Canada border. Steve Shand of Deltona, Fla., was named Thursday in a superseding indictment filed in U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota against Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, an Indian citizen residing in…
Most immigrants, like most of our colleges and universities, are still a net plus for American life. Source link
Dec. 31, 2023 11:23 am ET Drill into the nation’s 3.7% unemployment rate, and you’ll find a growing welfare-industrial complex beneath the seemingly strong labor market. Government, social assistance and healthcare account for 56% of the 2.8 million net new jobs over the past year, and for nearly all gains in blue states such as…
Liza came to my family from Ukraine in 2015 after Russia invaded her homeland. Seeking safety and opportunity in America, she applied for and was accepted into the U.S. au pair program, lived with us for two years and learned to love this country. Her dream is to become a naturalized citizen. Would we welcome…
What does war in Gaza mean for U.S. homeland security? The sudden outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Hamas creates three broad categories of risk for domestic counterterrorism officials. First among them is America’s porous southern border. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link
