City Staff and Immigration Status

immigration status: Council voted 29-8 Tuesday to take concrete steps on a plan to give Torontos estimated 200,000 non-status residents access to city services without fear of being turned over to border enforcement officials including training city staff and revising policies to prevent discrimination based on immigration status, according to The Star. This will help the city to start hammering out a detailed plan to make it a reality, and give city staff the tools they need to make it happen and Toronto has taken a baby step towards living up to its self-declared status as a sanctuary city for undocumented residents, by adopting some key recommendations. Last year, the city just committed itself to being a sanctuary city safe for people without immigration status, but not a lot has happened, said Tzazna Miranda Leal of the Solidarity City Network, an umbrella advocacy group. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.