Illegal vs ＂Irregular＂
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Summary
Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are fighting over the use of the term "illegals" in relation to the growing number of illegal border crossers entering Canada from the United States. In this video, Candace Malan explains why this is a distraction from the real issue at hand.
Transcript
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When someone crosses the border illegally, it's fair and accurate to call them an illegal border
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crosser. This isn't controversial. Earlier this year, I visited Roxham Road, the unofficial port
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of entry where approximately 95% of all illegal border crossers enter Canada. And the Canadian
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government has put up a large sign that makes it clear as day. Stop. It is illegal to cross
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the border here or any place other than a port of entry. You will be arrested and detained
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if you cross here. Even the Liberals believe that border hopping at unofficial crossings
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is illegal. Crossing a border between official border crossings is illegal. Now, Mr. Speaker
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That was Justin Trudeau a few months ago in the House of Commons. It's bizarre, therefore,
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that the Liberal Immigration Minister, Ahmed Hassan, is picking a fight with Conservative
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford over Ford's use of the term illegal border crossers. Ford has
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firmly stated that the illegal border crisis is 100% Trudeau's responsibility and that
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Ford's provincial government refuses to pick up the tab for the already strained social
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services and housing that asylum claimants are entitled to receive. The federal government
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has created this mess with Justin Trudeau's open border, all are welcome attitude and messaging.
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And thus, the Feds should be responsible for paying for it. In the past, the Liberals have
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abandoned resettlement groups, leaving them scrambling to help migrants with strained budgets
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and limited resources. This week, Hassan told reporters that he believes Ford's words are
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inaccurate and difficult to understand, emphasizing his preference for the Liberal euphemism, irregular
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immigration. This simply distracts from the real issue. The Liberals would rather talk about
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vocabulary and pick imaginary fights with Conservatives than discuss their record when it comes to the
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border crisis. Under Trudeau, the number of illegal border crossers has proliferated. There have been
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upwards of 70,000 asylum claims in the past 18 months, a drastic spike over recent numbers from recent
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decades. And while self-selected migrants without a valid visa are streaming into our country at a rate
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of 50 per day, the Feds have no system to quickly determine who is a bona fide refugee and who is simply trying
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to jump the immigration queue. The government makes no distinction between these two very different
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camps of people. And once in Canada, both are given the exact same rights, same benefits, and the same legal
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process. The current wait time to have your refugee case heard before a Canadian judge is anywhere between 20 months and
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11 years. And in the meantime, these asylum seekers get gold-plated access to provincially funded social
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services. Let's not be naive. Many of these migrants are here entirely for the free benefits, be it free
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health care or the opportunity to have Canadian children to anchor them here forever. When someone
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crosses the border illegally in an effort that has been coordinated by human trafficking rings and comes
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from a safe country, the United States, it's fair to be skeptical and accurate to call their actions
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illegal. True refugees are desperate and will submit their application in the first safe country they
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arrive. Folks crossing at Roxham Road, by contrast, they're savvy and opportunistic, more like economic
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queue-jumping migrants than refugees escaping persecution and violence. Allowing fake refugees into our country
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is not generous or compassionate. It simply gives preference to queue-jumping migrants ahead of the
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truly desperate and truly persecuted people who are currently living in squalor and waiting in UN
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camps. Our United Nations treaty obligations are designed to help the most vulnerable, not the first to get
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to Canada. Trudeau's failure to stop the flow of illegal crossings simply undermines confidence in the
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overall immigration system. It weakens the integrity of our system. Look, I agree words matter and we should
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always strive to be truthful and accurate in our speech. But that's the opposite of what Hassan and the
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Liberals are trying to do here. They're actually trying to confuse the issue and enforce politically
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correct gibberish to water down the truth. The reality is that the illegal versus irregular word feud is
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nothing but a distraction designed to shift the conversation away from the Trudeau government's
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failed record on immigration and border security. For the True North Initiative, I'm Candace Malcolm.
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