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Immigration Raids: Canada Border Services Agency

Immigration Raids Dept: Toews faced criticism from three different MPs, who echoed sentiments and questions put forward over the last week by lawyers, advocates , and some Canadians who were outraged that a film crew was present during the arrests of eight men on a Vancouver construction site last week. Immigration Raids News.ca readers question Toews' approval of TV crews Minister OK'd cameras filming immigration agents on raids for reality TV show, according to CBC. On Friday, News learned that the approval for the TV show crew to tag along with the Canada Border Services Agency came from Toews himself, and that a representative from the Prime Minister's Office was aware of the plan and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews during Question Period on Monday defended his decision to give approval for a reality TV crew to film immigration raids. Many of those men are now facing immigration hearings, and possibly deportation . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.