Immigration Law

• Supreme Court of Canada limits rule for barring migrants on security grounds

  The decision came Wednesday in a judgment on two cases that began with administrative rulings under a section of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2023
  
• French police dismantle migrant camps in Paris as immigration measures toughen

  This highly-publicized operation, the biggest in over a year, comes one day after a French government pledge to ``take back control'' of immigration.

  World

  Nov 7, 2019
  
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• Trump appears to back off $5B demand for border wall to avoid government shutdown

  The White House set the tone when press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders indicated that Trump doesn't want to shut down the government, though just last week he said he'd be "proud" to do so.

  Politics

  Dec 18, 2018
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• Toronto immigration lawyer sues media, government over Global News report

  A Toronto lawyer has filed a $10.75-million lawsuit following a report on Global News about a program to allow undocumented workers to remain in Canada.

  Consumer

  Jul 10, 2018
• Lawyer insists he took money for real immigration program, Canadian government denies its existence

  A Toronto lawyer who claims the federal government has a “pilot program” in place to help undocumented immigrants stay in the country says he's right and others are wrong.

  Consumer

  Apr 4, 2018
• Trump aide accuses CNN reporter of ‘cosmopolitan bias’ in argument over immigration law

  President Donald Trump aide Stephen Miller argued with a CNN reporter about Trump's recently introduced immigration legislation.

  News

  Aug 2, 2017
• Trump travel ban reaction: ‘Syrian refugees…have been vetted more than Trump’s cabinet picks’

  An Albertan immigration lawyer is suggesting the process of Syrian refugees coming into Canada and the U.S. to escape persecution has been more transparent than U.S. President Trump’s own actions.

  Politics

  Jan 30, 2017
• Nova Scotia needs ‘bigger roster of lawyers’ to tackle refugee law, experts say

  The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society is hoping to increase the number of lawyers offering legal services for new comers. They hope it will help in filling gaps in the provision of legal services to immigrants and refugees in the province.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2016
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• ‘Lost Canadians’ in endless battles for citizenship: advocate

  There are now 18 definitions of what makes a person a Canadian citizen with more than a dozen caveats, linked to everything from what year they were born to whether their parents were Canadian diplomats or soldiers.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2016