All deportations will be halted with the exception of “seriously criminal cases,” that will be evaluated by senior staff on a case-by-case basis.

Canada's attempts to send up to 1,000 foreigners who are here illegally back to their home countries are being stymied by nations refusing to take them back

While a dozen non-Canadians were deported for security reasons in 2013, that dropped to nine in 2014 and five in both 2015 and 2016. So far, there have been just three security-related deportations in 2017.