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Government Officials: Stanstead

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Dept: Government officials said Wednesday the missing are among 85 people who entered the country illegally at intervals stretching back to February, according to The Chronicle Herald. We open our arms to true immigrants and true refugees who follow the rules and who wait for their turn in line, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said at a news conference in Stanstead, Que., a town that borders the United States and is believed to have been the entry point for the group and oTTAWA The hunt is on for 45 Romanian adults and children smuggled into Canada. Authorities have found 40 of them so far, and 30 of these were detained under new immigration law provisions that saw the entire group designated as part of an irregular arrival, which essentially means a human-smuggling operation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.