Visible Minorities and Canada Border Services Agency

Canada Border Services Agency: Macdonald Scott, who represents two of the people arrested, said Canada Border Services Agency officials aggressively demanded identification from members of visible minorities during the four-hour operation last Thursday, according to CTV. "In the past, the has been invited to participate in this type of blitz when partner agencies have noticed that many drivers stopped during blitzes had immigration warrants," the agency said in an email to The Canadian Press and - A commercial vehicle safety blitz that led to the arrest of 21 people for immigration offences targeted minorities and amounts to racial profiling, a lawyer involved in the case alleged Wednesday. defended its participation in the traffic blitz, which also involved the Ontario Ministry of Transport and provincial police, but did not comment on the racial profiling allegations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.