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Lindsay and Deportation

deportation: They couldn t spend time with a father, a mother, a sibling or another relative all immigrants awaiting deportation at a Lindsay, Ont., prison, according to Metro News. Canada, unlike other countries, doesn t have a limit on how long people can be held pending deportation. It something the protestors want to see changed and Family Day didn t quite live up to its name for some Ontario families Monday. A group of young people from Toronto and surrounding areas think that should change. About 80 of them came from as far as Peterborough and Guelph on Monday to rally in Christie Pits Park, hoping to raise awareness about what they say are nearly 200 immigrants being held at the Lindsay facility as their cases are decided. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.