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Migrants choose arrest in Canada over staying in the US - Lemon Drop - 02-17-2017 http://kuow.org/post/migrants-choose-arrest-canada-over-staying-us She hugs the baby to her chest and, with her free hand, pulls a black suitcase on wheels. As she moves toward the ditch, several Canadian police officers approach on their side. One officer speaks out, saying, "You have to go through the, the custom, the border — but if you do cross here, you'll be arrested and then we'll take you in charge, OK?" The woman nods and steps toward them. The Canadian policeman offers to carry her baby as she makes her way through the slippery snow path. She hands the child to him and then takes the hand of another officer who helps her to the road on the Canadian side. The police bring out a child car seat and place it in their cruiser. The woman is arrested, and she and her child are driven away from the border. The whole thing takes about six minutes. People who work with immigrants in Canada say these border-jumpers would rather be arrested in Canada than live in fear of how U.S. officials might handle their cases. "There's quite an increase in people walking through illegally," says Cpl. Camille Habel, spokeswoman with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Re: Migrants choose arrest in Canada over staying in the US - OWC Jamie - 02-17-2017 Hillary should go there and teach them her methods of dealing with Maybe even become a Canadian citizen. Re: Migrants choose arrest in Canada over staying in the US - Dennis S - 02-17-2017 billb wrote: Why don't you wait until you get within a mile of the topic before you post? Re: Migrants choose arrest in Canada over staying in the US - $tevie - 02-17-2017 Newsflash: the election is over. We're working on the impeachment now. Re: Migrants choose arrest in Canada over staying in the US - pdq - 02-17-2017 billb wrote: bill's worldview is reduced to desperately clinging on to single words or phrases now... |