Zach LarkinsILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS 4 (cont'd)
Okay, so I'm not the coldest beer in the fridge, but does anyone else have a problem with this?
I written about illegal immigrants in the past and stated my position that they should be deported and put back in line to apply for legal entrance into the country. Along comes a story out of Vancouver about Amir Kazemian, an Iranian illegal who has been holed up in a local Anglican church under the protection of sanctuary. He has been surviving on a $500 per month stipend from church members and earns a small income buying and repairing broken electronic items via the Internet. Obviously, the man is starving and I don't mean that as a joke. The fact that he is Iranian also causes some pause. Why did he come to Canada in the first place? What was he running from? If deported back, will he face torture or death? We don't know at this point. What we do know is that he has been in sanctuary for two and a half years. Now the question is, Why? Well it seems that Mr. Kazemian applied for refugee status here. He lost that claim and has exhausted all other avenues of appeal. He was ordered deported in June, 2004. That's when he fled. Now, he wasn't taking anyone's job, so that is a non-issue. But immigration officials decided he wouldn't be tortured or put to death if he was sent back to Iran. Mr. Kazemian apparently called police to the church after receiving a fraudulent cheque someone had given him to pay for an item he was selling. The attending officer ran his name through the police computer system and saw the arrest warrant that's been outstanding since his deportation order. The officer apparently didn't understand the tradition of ignoring arrest warrants for people living in church sanctuary and thus arrested him. Mr.Kazemian spent the weekend in detention terrified he'd be sent back to Iran. I can imagine his worry. But there is a happy ending here. After tying up our court system for years and being found ‘deportable', after running from the law for over two years, after relying on the charity of church members to feed, house and clothe him, Mr. Kazemian has been granted permanent resident status by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. It is no wonder Canada is looked upon as the laughing stock of the world when it comes to opening its borders to everyone who washes up on our rocks in a flimsy raft. I doubt that the USA would have been so generous to this man. From what I've read, Australia would have booted him post-haste. But Canada seems to be the country of suckers. Give us your poor, your ill, your down trodden, your terrorists, your criminals, hell we've got a great big country to populate. The original order should have stood and Mr. Kazemian should have been sent back either to face the consequences or get in line to apply for legal entry.
Sources: Iranian Man Allowed CanWest News Service
I written about illegal immigrants in the past and stated my position that they should be deported and put back in line to apply for legal entrance into the country. Along comes a story out of Vancouver about Amir Kazemian, an Iranian illegal who has been holed up in a local Anglican church under the protection of sanctuary. He has been surviving on a $500 per month stipend from church members and earns a small income buying and repairing broken electronic items via the Internet. Obviously, the man is starving and I don't mean that as a joke. The fact that he is Iranian also causes some pause. Why did he come to Canada in the first place? What was he running from? If deported back, will he face torture or death? We don't know at this point. What we do know is that he has been in sanctuary for two and a half years. Now the question is, Why? Well it seems that Mr. Kazemian applied for refugee status here. He lost that claim and has exhausted all other avenues of appeal. He was ordered deported in June, 2004. That's when he fled. Now, he wasn't taking anyone's job, so that is a non-issue. But immigration officials decided he wouldn't be tortured or put to death if he was sent back to Iran. Mr. Kazemian apparently called police to the church after receiving a fraudulent cheque someone had given him to pay for an item he was selling. The attending officer ran his name through the police computer system and saw the arrest warrant that's been outstanding since his deportation order. The officer apparently didn't understand the tradition of ignoring arrest warrants for people living in church sanctuary and thus arrested him. Mr.Kazemian spent the weekend in detention terrified he'd be sent back to Iran. I can imagine his worry. But there is a happy ending here. After tying up our court system for years and being found ‘deportable', after running from the law for over two years, after relying on the charity of church members to feed, house and clothe him, Mr. Kazemian has been granted permanent resident status by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. It is no wonder Canada is looked upon as the laughing stock of the world when it comes to opening its borders to everyone who washes up on our rocks in a flimsy raft. I doubt that the USA would have been so generous to this man. From what I've read, Australia would have booted him post-haste. But Canada seems to be the country of suckers. Give us your poor, your ill, your down trodden, your terrorists, your criminals, hell we've got a great big country to populate. The original order should have stood and Mr. Kazemian should have been sent back either to face the consequences or get in line to apply for legal entry.
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