Robbery Conviction: Travel Documents and T Issue

robbery conviction: The government wants to deport him following a robbery conviction but Jamaica won't issue him travel documents, according to CTV. Last year, Ontario top court cleared the way for today legal challenge when it ruled provincial courts have the jurisdiction to hear such cases. Alvin Brown, a 40-year-old who was a permanent resident of Canada since he was eight, has already spent five years behind bars. Federal Court normally deals with immigration matters but critics say it provides little oversight of what can amount to indefinite imprisonment. Last month, detainees went on hunger strike to press for an end to the practice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.