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page judgment: It depends on the facts and circumstances of the case, according to Metro News. Lawyers representing former immigration detainee Alvin Brown who spent five years in a maximum-security jail before the government was able to deport him to Jamaica last September had argued that Canada's entire immigration detention regime was unfair and unconstitutional. The question of when detention for immigration purposes is no longer reasonable does not have a single, simple answer, Justice Simon Fothergill wrote in his 58-page judgment. They called upon the court to set a maximum length of time the government could detain non-citizens while trying to deport them, as is the case in some other countries. function set Cookie related path / ; Related Report Canadian border agency's lack of oversight 'deeply disturbing'Indefinite immigration detention in Canada under fire in Federal Court Ex-detainees Detention centre's practices border on slavery Fothergill dismissed their application, writing that the system's shortcomings were due to the misapplication of the law, not the law itself. Jared Will, Brown's lawyer, said the fact the law can be misapplied and does not protect detainees against its misapplication is the problem. When properly interpreted and applied, he wrote, existing regulations comply with the charter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.