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Asylum Seekers: Tolerance Policy and Trump Administration

asylum seekers: The prime minister also repeated his remarks in French, but used a different word what is happening in the United States is unacceptable, according to National Observer. Trudeau has been called upon to condemn the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy, under which asylum seekers who cross illegally into the U.S. are charged with federal crimes and separated from their children, who are detained in guarded, fenced enclosures. What's going on in the United States is wrong, Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa on June 20. ; I can't imagine what the families who are living through this are enduring, he added, saying this is not the way we do things in Canada. Earlier this week he had said he would not play politics over immigration policies when it comes to the controversial U.S. practice. The council says the U.S. cannot be considered a safe country for refugees in light of the disturbing events at the U.S. border. On Wednesday, the Canadian Council for Refugees joined others, including NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan, in urging the federal government to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.