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Canadian Press: Asylum Seekers and Emailed Statement

canadian press: On Monday, an emailed statement sent to The Canadian Press from Ford's office repeated the illegal border crossers terminology, according to CTV. Ahmed Hussen, the federal minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, told a news conference Monday he believes Ford's vocabulary is inaccurate. Last week, a spokesman for Premier Doug Ford used the term in a statement sent to the media, saying the recent influx of asylum seekers has resulted in a housing crisis in Toronto and threats to services that Ontario families depend on. I'm very concerned by Premier Ford and provincial minister Lisa Mac Leod really making statements that are difficult to understand when it comes to how they're describing asylum seekers, Hussen told reporters in Halifax. The act of crossing the border at a point other than an official port of entry is illegal. These are people who we have a legal obligation to give a fair hearing to, and so we're applying Canadian law, we're applying international law and that requires all levels of government to work together. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.