Sunday, August 5, 2007

LATINOS COMING TO CANADA?

For decades, the US has been the magnet of Latino migration, legal and illegal. The porous Mexican border made it quite easy to sneak in, get a job and simply stay, with few fears of deportation. Now this seems to be changing, but is it really? According to a Toronto Star story, Latinos are heading north because their hopes of ever attaining legal status in the US are fading fast. I am quite skeptical of these claims: while there has been an increase of Latino migration to Canada, it has been mostly the product of Mexicans travelling on a visitors visa and simply making bogus refugee claims, advised by unscrupulous immigration "consultants". The increase has been five-fold, according to figures at the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), from an average of 1,000 a year to 5,000 a year. However, these numbers are a drop in the bucket when compared to the almost 8,000 illegal Mexicans entering the United States on a DAILY basis, and with a Latino population in the US that is the fastest growing ethnic group in the country and becoming a de-facto majority in many cities. I think the facts in Canada are grossly exaggerated. Latin Americans make a very small percentage of the total immigration to Canada, a very distant figure to the massive migration from China, India , Philippines and Pakistan...and while we need good LEGAL immigrants with the skills our employers need, we certainly do not need more bogus refugee claimants and illegals. See story:

http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/243034

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