That is the trap built into the agreement — asylum seekers have to know the loophole before they even reach safety, or Canada and the U.S. can turn the border itself into a cage.
Part of me looks at this and thinks that this is all Canada's sovereign right, etc. But then another part of me looks at this and thinks, if I were Canadian, I'd never call the United States, as it operates under the current regime, a safe country with respect to immigration, deportation, etc. Indeed, it would take a whole lot of firings and prosecutions before I'd call our country's borders safe for foreign travelers again.
That is the contradiction. Canada can claim sovereignty, but it cannot honestly call the United States “safe” for asylum seekers while this system is handing people back into ICE detention under a regime built on deportation harm.
A safe-country agreement means nothing if the “safe” country is where people are being disappeared into the machinery.
Yeah, it's their right, but I've seen tons & tons of Canadians egging this on by telling Americans to go there to escape the horrors of AmeriKKKa. I wish it weren't so, but it is. Canadians might mean well, but they don't know their own laws on the matter.
That’s the danger of calling another country “safe” while its detention system is already producing ICE brutality, deportation fear, and human rights violations. Canada may have its own legal framework, but sending people into that machinery still makes Canada part of the harm.
Under the agreement that the US and Canada have you can’t apply to asylum in the USA from Canada and vice versa.
Is it unfair considering the situation in the US probably, but this is not a new agreement and more people need to understand the implications.
People with family needing asylum need to make sure they land in Canada not the US.
That is the trap built into the agreement — asylum seekers have to know the loophole before they even reach safety, or Canada and the U.S. can turn the border itself into a cage.
Part of me looks at this and thinks that this is all Canada's sovereign right, etc. But then another part of me looks at this and thinks, if I were Canadian, I'd never call the United States, as it operates under the current regime, a safe country with respect to immigration, deportation, etc. Indeed, it would take a whole lot of firings and prosecutions before I'd call our country's borders safe for foreign travelers again.
That is the contradiction. Canada can claim sovereignty, but it cannot honestly call the United States “safe” for asylum seekers while this system is handing people back into ICE detention under a regime built on deportation harm.
A safe-country agreement means nothing if the “safe” country is where people are being disappeared into the machinery.
Yeah, it's their right, but I've seen tons & tons of Canadians egging this on by telling Americans to go there to escape the horrors of AmeriKKKa. I wish it weren't so, but it is. Canadians might mean well, but they don't know their own laws on the matter.
That’s the danger of calling another country “safe” while its detention system is already producing ICE brutality, deportation fear, and human rights violations. Canada may have its own legal framework, but sending people into that machinery still makes Canada part of the harm.
Yeah, I know. I read your piece and agree 100%. It's totally dangerous to invite us over, only to be thrown back to the wolves when we try.
That is the part people keep coming back to — safety stops meaning much when people seeking protection end up feeling disposable.