Canada Border Services Agency Dept: Harsha Walia, with the group No One Is Illegal, called the raids alarming. She said they are reminiscent of similar mass raids south of the border, according to Globe and Mail. Walia said she was particularly shocked that producers for the television show, which airs on Global TV and National Geographic, would try to profit from the violence of detention and deportation and They allege the Canada Border Services Agency brought in film crews to document surprise blitzes against the workers for a reality TV show, called Border Security. From what we know, there were at least three raids that happened Wednesday at construction sites across Vancouver, Walia said. One in particular ... was raided by anywhere from 20 to 40 CBSA officers that had a reality TV show crew filming with them.
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