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Construction Jobs: Wasn T and Immigration Officials

construction jobs: At least that what he says immigration officials had told him, according to Hamilton Spectator. Trouble is, it wasn't true. Decade after decade, the now 77-year-old Mississauga man tried to stay under the radar, working in construction jobs, even living in a motel, fearing if he was picked up by immigration he'd get the boot. Now, Dugalin is fighting to get his life back and collect almost a decade worth of Old Age Security pension payments he missed out on during the years he was trying to lay low. This has ruined my life. If it wasn't for the government mistake, saying I was here illegally, I wouldn't have had to endure the hardship, says Dugalin, who came to Canada as a government-sponsored refugee from Hungary in 1957. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.