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Human Rights Organizations Celebrate the Cancellation of 'Border Security,' Canada’s Best-Worst Show
If you've actually seen 'Border Security' you might have thought it was ethically questionable. Now a federal watchdog agrees.
Canada Looks to Monitor Detained Migrants Electronically Instead of Locking Them Up
Amid an outcry over the recent deaths of migrants held in custody by the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA), the department is exploring alternatives to detaining asylum seekers, including using electronic surveillance to keep track of them.
Canada Keeps Locking Up Migrant Teenagers Who Haven't Committed Any Crimes
Dozens of young migrants were housed in Canadian jails, sometimes for more than a month at a time, while they faced deportation.
High School Basketball Star Turned Out to Be Almost 30, Now Begs to Be Deported From Canada
A few weeks ago, Jonathan Nicola was the star player on his high school basketball team, with a coach who believed he had a shot at going pro. Now he's sitting in an immigration detention cell in Windsor, Ontario.
Canada Border Agent Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman Facing Deportation
The allegations come on the heels of calls by refugee and immigrant rights advocates for better oversight of the CBSA following the deaths of two detainees in the agency's care in March.
Suicide of Burundian in Canadian Jail Latest ‘Stain’ on Immigration System, Critics Say
Melkioro Gahungu, 64, is the 13th detainee to die while under CBSA custody since 2000. He had served his time for killing his wife, and was being held for deportation when he hanged himself in a Toronto jail.
Republicans Obsess Over Mexico, but Cops Just Busted Someone for Smuggling People Into Canada
Cops in the Akwesasne First Nation arrested a Canadian resident for trying to smuggle three others into Canada. And it's not the first time.
A Toronto Politician Asked Whether Canada Should Ban Beyoncé
Jim Karygiannis thinks Justin Trudeau should investigate Bey's connection to Black Panthers. We looked into reasons to keep her out of the country.
Police in Toronto Are Accused of Doing the 'Dirty Work' of Immigration Officials
A new report says Toronto police made 3,278 calls to the Canada Border Services Agency between November 2014 and June 2015. That's more than police in Quebec City, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver combined.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's New Budget Invests Heavily in the Military and Spies
The Conservatives' final budget before the fall election, an otherwise austere exercise in showing off the freshly balanced books, commits more than $2 billion in security and defense spending.
Canada Was Deporting People to Libya as the Islamic State Held Mass Executions
Canadian Border Services Agency says it were shipping people back to the war-ravaged country until mid-March.
Vancouver Transit Cops Scale Back Collaboration with Border Services Following Woman's Death
How one woman's death altered the way Vancouver's transit police deal with undocumented migrants.