Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Des dizaines d’enfants ayant la citoyenneté canadienne ont été détenus dans des centres de détention de l’immigration et pourraient avoir subi des séquelles physiques et psychologiques à la suite de cette incarcération, dénonce un rapport. Selon l’étude, les autorités canadiennes n’ont pas fait ce qu’il fallait pour que les droits fondamentaux des enfants de parents immigrants […].

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1018605/enfants-canadiens-centres-immigration-denonce-rapport-chercheurs-toronto-sequelles

Income rules which stop thousands of British citizens bringing their foreign spouse to the UK are lawful “in principle” the Supreme Court has ruled. But children’s welfare must be promoted in immigration decisions, judges said. As of 2012, Britons must earn more than £18,600 ($23,140) before a husband or wife from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) can settle in the UK. Judges rejected an appeal by families who argued that the rules breached their human right to a family life.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39050664

Any immigrant who is in the country illegally and is charged or convicted of any offence, or even suspected of a crime, will now be an enforcement priority, according to Homeland Security Department memos signed by Secretary John Kelly. That could include people arrested for shoplifting or minor offences — or simply having crossed the border illegally.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/us-immigration-trump-1.3992271

A Mexican man has apparently taken his own life just half an hour after being deported from the United States. Guadalupe Olivas Valencia, 45, jumped from a bridge at the border after he was deported for the third time. […] Mr Olivas was a native of Sinaloa, one of Mexico’s most violent states and the stronghold of a major drug cartel.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39049670

Amid ongoing tensions over changes to U.S. immigration policy, Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday told principals not to let federal immigration authorities inside district buildings unless they have a criminal warrant. Principals were also urged to have parents update student emergency contact forms and include backup contacts that schools could turn to if a child’s parents were detained.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-schools-immigration-enforcement-met-20170221-story.html

A Calgary immigration lawyer says Canada’s Bill C-23, the Preclearance Act, gives our U.S. counterparts new, possibly excessive powers, and should have sections rewritten before it becomes law. Michael Greene says the U.S. government is looking for increased powers over Canadians trying to enter using our pre-clearance agreements. […] “In a compelled [examination], you don’t get a choice. You have to answer questions. If you don’t, that is an offence, it’s a federal offence. It becomes an offence under Canadian law, failing to cooperate with a U.S. officer.”

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bill-23-concerns-immigration-lawyer-1.3995349