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Border Security: National Geographic Channel

National Geographic Channel: Earlier this month, the Canadian Bar Association also took a position on Canada Border Service Agencys involvement with the production of Border Security, which airs on National Geographic Channel and is produced by Vancouver-based Force Four Entertainment, according to The Star. In Border Security, a highly one-sided narrative is told about those crossing the border under varying circumstances or those people in the process of migration, which has the particular long-term impact of spreading fear, said the letter signed by 70 community groups that will be released Wednesday and The campaign against a Canadian reality TV series on border security has gained momentum with actors, directors, artists and advocacy groups including Amnesty International calling for its cancellation. It followed a complaint to the federal Privacy Commissioner filed by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association last month against the border enforcement agency, on behalf of Oscar Matta Duran, one of the eight arrested migrant workers filmed during the raid by CBSA in March . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.