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Undocumented Migrants: Detention Centre and Granados Works

undocumented migrants: She is currently in a detention centre in Laval, according to CTV. Several organizations, including Solidarity Across Borders and the Immigrant Workers Centre say they will not stop fighting this deportation. Lucy Francineth Granados was scheduled to be deported Tuesday, but collapsed Monday at government offices and had to be taken to hospital. Granados works as a community organizer for the rights of other undocumented migrants and temporary workers. Last Tuesday, she was arrested and taken from her home by Canadian Border Service Agency officers, who were accused by Mary Foster of Solidarity Across Borders of using excessive force. She is the sole financial supporter of her three children, who are still living in Guatemala. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.