center: The three facilities at issue are the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, and the LaSalle Detention Facility in Jena, Louisiana, according to Metro News. Many people held in detention facilities have claims that may allow them to stay in the United States or, at least, to remain free while their deportation proceedings are pending, the lawsuit says. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and various individual officials. Legal representation can ensure that they're not held unnecessarily for years and frequently determines whether their cases are ultimately successful, the lawsuit says. Remote communication by phone or video link is difficult, and lawyers who do make the trip often face long waits and then have to meet with their clients in inadequate conditions, it says. These detention facilities are all in remote areas, several hours by car from big cities where lawyers, interpreters and other resources are located, the lawsuit says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

country intent: What I see now is a racist, cruel and destructive country intent on punishing refugees, demonizing Indigenous Palestinians and carrying a messianic zealotry I would ascribe to totalitarian regimes, according to Toronto Star. This is not my Israel. I was raised with the narrative that Israel was a safe haven for persecuted Jews from around the world a sanctuary. Like so many other disillusioned Zionists, I grabbed a piece of hope on Passover and Easter, when Israel announced it had reached a deal to allow its African refugee community to stay or be resettled. This is just another reflection of the heartlessness that is now sewn into the cultural fabric of Israel. A few hours later, the government of Israel suddenly announced it was rescinding this compromise, and would be looking at deporting these refugees forcibly. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

francophone communities: The mayor could use discretionary powers to launch consultations, but if Valerie Plante is not willing to do so, they say they will do what they can to force the issue, according to CTV. Representatives of Montreal's Chinese, Black, Islamic, Anglophone and Francophone communities met Wednesday to say they are seeking 15,000 signatures on a petition to force the city of Montreal to hold hearings on discrimination, racism, and diversity. They launched a petition in February on Nelson Mandela day, and nearly two months later, on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., they are calling for the city to take the next step. Balarama Holness, a candidate who ran in the municipal election, said the differences in what is available in Montreal according to borough are obvious. These are a lot of questions that aren't only going to be answered by the people on these panel, they're going to be answered by all Montrealers. Why is it that boroughs that have a large concentration of minorities have a lack of access to recreational or health services Why access to justice continues to be an issue at the municipal level Why racial profiling continues to be an issue Why contractual compliance, when the city gives a contract out for infrastructure, why aren't these companies reflective of the diversity of Montreal said Holness. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant populations: In House races across the country, both parties are using the fight over immigration fanned by tweets from President Donald Trump about a crisis on the Mexican border that others say doesn't exist to fire up base voters in midterm elections, according to Metro News. Democrats think it can help them reach minorities, young people and suburban moderates repelled by Trump's strident anti-immigrant stances, while Republicans have noted his success in using promises to crack down on immigration to energize disaffected conservatives. Each could be right. As a result, Democrats are using the issue to emphasize inclusivity and are targeting border regions, suburbs and areas with immigrant populations. One diverse Southern California House district centred on the sprawl of Orange County has already become a testing ground for each party's immigration strategy. Republicans, whose districts tend to be less diverse, plan to make immigration a law-and-order issue that appeals to conservatives all around the U.S. The debate is likely to roil races in California, Texas, Florida, Arizona, perhaps New Mexico and Virginia's Washington, D.C., suburbs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

republican-controlled senate: Critics say it would essentially allow racial profiling, but Republican lawmakers frame the measure as a public safety policy, according to Metro News. Republican Rep. It comes as President Donald Trump ramps up calls for more stringent immigration enforcement. Steven Holt of Denison, a western Iowa community with a growing Latino population, said the bill focuses on immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission who are suspected of crimes. The legislation was being debated in the Republican-controlled Senate late Wednesday. This legislation is about the rule of law, and the safety of all people, citizens and immigrants alike, Holt said shortly before the Iowa House approved the bill Tuesday on a 55-45 vote, with one Democrat voting for it and five Republicans against it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

supreme court: The reality of systemic racism racial disadvantage embedded in social, political, and legal systems in Canada has been recognized by the UN, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, international human rights organizations, official government inquiries and watchdogs, the Supreme Court, and research and policy institutes, according to Toronto Star. Canada has a wide and enduring racial wage gap Indigenous people and other people of colour earn 30 per cent less than white workers, according to data from the latest census. The Globe and Mail's John Ibbitson claimed the government is just trying to make Canadians feel bad about themselves even though Canada is the most tolerant country on earth ; Toronto Star columnist Chantal H bert characterized the consultation as a solution in search of a problem promulgated by a Liberal government even more ideologically driven than Harper's Conservatives ; Globe and Mail Ottawa bureau chief Robert Fife said he doubts systematic sic racism exists in Canada, because if you go to high schools and universities kids of all ethnic backgrounds are hanging around with each other. And as Oxfam and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives point out in a recent report, the fact that the wage gap actually increases for Aboriginal, racialized, and immigrant women with university degrees demonstrates the limits of education as a tool to address the discriminatory distribution of wages and employment. Over two years ago, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the federal government has been discriminating against Indigenous kids living on reserves, by providing them with 22 per cent less funding for services per capita than other children in Canada. The child poverty rate in Indigenous communities is 51 per cent four times higher than the poverty rate for white children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tom junes: Ever since WWII, such views were taboo in Europe, confined to the far-right fringes, according to The Chronicle Herald. Today they are openly expressed by mainstream political leaders in parts of Central and Eastern Europe, part of a populist surge in the face of globalization and mass migration. And Hungary's prime minister declares the colour of Europeans should not mix with that of Africans or Arabs. There is something broader going on in the region which has produced a patriotic, nativist, conservative discourse through which far-right ideas managed to become mainstream, said Tom Junes, a historian with the Human and Social Studies Foundation in Sofia, Bulgaria. In Hungary and Poland, governments are also eroding the independence of courts and the media, prompting human rights groups to warn that democracy is threatened in parts of a region that threw off Moscow-backed dictatorships in 1989. In many places, the shift to the right has included the rehabilitation of Nazi collaborators, often fighters or groups celebrated as anti-communists or defenders of national liberation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tweet wednesday: He added We will be taking strong action today, according to CTV. Trump did not offer further details and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In an early-morning tweet Wednesday, Trump said Our Border Laws are very weak and said Democrats stand in our way of new laws. Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he's been discussing the idea of using the military at the border with Defence Secretary Jim Mattis. Until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military, Trump said, calling the move a big step. We're going to be doing things militarily. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

uniform policies: He received an unexpected boost this week, according to Toronto Star. It's something we have to think about, said Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante, who was elected last fall. Montreal politician Marvin Rotrand is urging the city to allow Sikh cops to wear turbans and Muslim officers to wear hijabs while on duty in order to attract more diverse recruits and build a force that better reflects the population it serves. We know that other Canadian cities have done it so I'm very open to the proposition. Though most big-city police forces, the RCMP and the Canadian Armed Forces have already adopted inclusive uniform policies, she has not set any actual change in motion in Montreal. Plante's comments were only a passive endorsement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

community organizations: Yet none are dedicated to our first residents, according to NOW Magazine. City councillors and community organizations want to change that by creating an Indigenous business district, but perspectives differ on how and where. Toronto, the ancestral territory of the Ojibway, the Anishnawbe and the Mississaugas of the New Credit, is often touted as one of the world's most multicultural cities, with dozens of ethnically evocative neighbourhoods. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam explains that the Indigenous business district would not only be a destination similar to other cultural neighbourhoods. Wong-Tam believes she's found the prime location, at 200 Dundas East, a space the city will take over in 2019. Rather, an Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship could be the seed that helps grow the area by offering programming, mentorship and co-op space to nascent businesses. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

people: Service began at 7 am and continued nonstop until almost 3 am, according to NOW Magazine. Several days after opening, the crowds haven't abated yet. On April 1, the Filipino fast food franchise's first GTA location in Scarborough brought in 7,000 visitors who each waited in line for an average of nine hours hoping to get their hands on some nostalgic classics. We still have the tents up, with people in them but everything's going smoothly, said company spokesperson Dianne Yorro. The company promised free fried chicken for a year to the first 40 people in line; the lucky first customer, a dude named Paul, started waiting at 2 30 pm the day before opening that's 17 hours . Wherever they go in North America, Jollibee seems to draw a crowd. People understand that there's just so many people, and they just have to wait. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

australia government: Martin, now a permanent resident of Australia, said Nauru was attempting to avoid outside scrutiny by depriving its own 10,000 citizens as well as the asylum seekers with the option of appealing Nauru Supreme Court decisions to the Australian High Court, according to Metro News. Martin also said the Australia government would welcome asylum seekers on Nauru no longer seeking help from Australia's justice system. Nick Martin worked as a doctor at an Australia-run immigration camp on Nauru in 2016 and 2017 before becoming a vocal critic of the conditions that the estimated 1,000 asylum seekers there endure. Nauru has shown itself to be an inadequate place to house refugees, and anything that allows Australia to distance itself from Nauru when it comes to refugees and asylum seekers, Australia will welcome it, Martin said. But Nauru gave its former colonial master 90 days' notice in December that it was ending that agreement. Australia has been hearing Nauru court appeals since 1976. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border wall: A corrected version of the story is below Impatient for wall, Trump wants US military to secure border President Donald Trump says he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built, according to The Chronicle Herald. By JILL COLVIN and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Frustrated by slow action on a major campaign promise, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. It is roughly 1,250 miles 2,000 kilometres long, not 800 miles 1,290 kilometres long. Trump told reporters he's been discussing the idea with Defence Secretary Jim Mattis. Until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military, Trump said, calling the move a big step. We're going to be doing things militarily. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

business communities: The federal government, through ACOA, is providing 77,562 to the Western Regional Enterprise Network so it can work with entrepreneurs and the local business communities in the western region to build awareness of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot and help those facing labour shortages access the pilot, according to The Chronicle Herald. Companies currently making use of the Atlantic Immigrant Pilot program include Riverside Lobster International of Meteghan River, Fox Hill Cheese House of Port Williams and the Citco Group of Cos. in Halifax. Connecting entrepreneurs who have the expertise to turn their ideas into successful and growth-oriented companies with skilled immigrants is said to be one way Canada's openness can help build a world-class innovation economy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cleansing project: Speaking about the deal on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that CANADA, Italy and Germany would host at least 16,250 migrants, according to Rabble. The agreement nullifies Israel's original plan to forcibly deport the migrants to Africa... Why is Israel, an extremely rich and affluent country, once again being facilitated in its racist, white-supremacist, 'Jews Only', Zionist ethnic cleansing project by Canada Netanyahu said Israel had offered illegal asylum seekers 3,500 and free plane tickets to a 'safe third country' if they voluntarily left the state before April 1. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

democrat laws: Getting more dangerous, according to Toronto Star. Caravans' coming. Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal Democrat laws like Catch & Release, Trump said in his first tweet. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL! DACA refers to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which Trump ended in the fall. Trump followed his Sunday tweetstorm with a pair of angry tweets Monday, and then another Tuesday, this one threatening that Cash cow NAFTA is in play. The program had allowed these dreamers to live in the country without fear of deportation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

malaysian waters: Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin, said the boat was intercepted after it entered Malaysian waters and was moored off the northern resort island of Langkawi, according to Metro News. The boat had stopped temporarily Sunday in southern Thailand, where it underwent repairs and was resupplied with fuel and food before being sent on its way to Malaysia, as its passengers reportedly desired. The navy chief, Adm. About 700,000 Rohingya have fled western Myanmar's Rakhine state to neighbouring Bangladesh in the past seven months to escape a brutal counterinsurgency campaign by Myanmar's army. The navy chief said that all of the boat's passengers were safe but tired and hungry, and were given food and water. Rohingya, treated as undesirables in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year until security in Myanmar was tightened after an upsurge of refugees in 2015 caused regional concern. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

malaysian waters: Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin, said the boat was intercepted after it entered Malaysian waters and was moored off the northern resort island of Langkawi, according to The Chronicle Herald. The boat had stopped temporarily Sunday in southern Thailand, where it underwent repairs and was resupplied with fuel and food before being sent on its way to Malaysia, as its passengers reportedly desired. The navy chief, Adm. About 700,000 Rohingya have fled western Myanmar's Rakhine state to neighbouring Bangladesh in the past seven months to escape a brutal counterinsurgency campaign by Myanmar's army. The navy chief said that all of the boat's passengers were safe but tired and hungry, and were given food and water. Rohingya, treated as undesirables in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year until security in Myanmar was tightened after an upsurge of refugees in 2015 caused regional concern. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pr crisis: Maybe I will change some of these questions to make sure some PR crisis like this won't happen again, he said, according to CTV. I am not too happy to see my clients in trouble like that. CROP president Alain Giguere said Tuesday he is sad that his client, Aeroplan parent company Aimia, had been disparaged on social media for circulating a survey in mid-March that his company wrote. In an emailed statement, he added, we are very sorry if our recent survey questions have offended some people. On Monday, Aimia apologized for including questions in a survey on whether too much immigration threatens the purity of the country, if getting married and having children is the only real way of having a family, whether men have a certain natural superiority over women, and nothing can change this and if the father of the family must be master in his own house. That was certainly not our intention. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rohingya muslims: Since August 2017, roughly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Buddhist-majority Rakhine state for neighbouring Bangladesh amid widespread violence that the United Nations has labelled textbook ethnic cleansing, according to CTV. In October 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named former Toronto MP and Ontario premier Bob Rae as Canada's special envoy to Myanmar. Those sources also say that that the special envoy's report addresses strong signals that crimes against humanity have been committed in the country. It is hard to convey in words the extent of the humanitarian crisis currently being faced in Bangladesh, Rae wrote in an interim report released in December. Although initially barred from entering Rakhine state, the epicentre of the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, Rae was able to travel to the region in February. In addition to accounts of shooting and military violence, I also heard directly from women of sexual violence and abuse at the hands of the Myanmar military, and the death of children and the elderly on the way to the camps. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sanctions: Wider, more general sanctions against the country haven't worked in the past, he said, according to Toronto Star. Above all, he urged Canada to take a clear stand and press for justice and accountability for the tragedy unfolding in the region. In a report released Tuesday, Rae calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to more than triple the amount of money spent on aid to the region, to 150 million a year over the next four years; to accept thousands of largely Muslim minority refugees who have fled Myanmar without specifying a particular number; and to maintain targeted economic sanctions against individuals responsible for the abuses of human rights and the crimes against humanity in Myanmar. Although Myanmar hasn't signed onto the treaty granting jurisdiction to the International Criminal Court, there are ways for the international community, via the court or the UN, to investigate events over the last several years, and prosecute those responsible, Rae said. At a news conference to discuss his report, Rae said the situation has all the hallmarks of a possible genocide and the world doesn't need to dwell on legal definitions before acting to prevent it from happening. Article Continued Below What we do, or don't do, in response to the Rohingya crisis will be a litmus test for Canada's foreign policy, said Rae, a former Liberal leader, lawyer and foreign affairs expert. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

suu kyi: He spoke at a news conference in Singapore after he and colleagues held a meeting on Monday with Suu Kyi in the Myanmar capital, Naypyitaw, according to Metro News. The visit by Social Welfare Minister Win Myat Aye had been quietly announced Monday by Bangladeshi foreign ministry officials. The board's chairman, Surakiart Sathirathai of Thailand, said he was happy to learn of Bangladesh's agreement to the visit, which he hoped would take place soon. About 700,000 Rohingya who face severe discrimination in Myanmar have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape a brutal army counterinsurgency campaign. The 10-member advisory board is meant to implement earlier recommendations on the Rohingya crisis made by a group led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Efforts are underway to arrange their return. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trump questions: But the prospect of cutting off foreign aid added a new dimension to the string of threats from the president that had centred largely on potentially walking away from the North American Free Trade Agreement, which his administration is currently renegotiating, according to Toronto Star. Honduras received about 127.5 million in aid from the United States in fiscal 2016, according to data from the United States Agency for International Development. For the third straight day, Trump used the migrants' journey north to call for tougher immigration policies and warn of what he called weak border security. Read more Amazon stock tumbles after Donald Trump attacks on Twitter Article Continued Below Trump questions why immigrants from s---hole countries' are allowed into U.S. Salvadorans, Hondurans could form next wave of asylum seekers, U.S. advocates warn The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our Weak Laws' Border, had better be stopped before it gets there, Trump tweeted shortly before 7 a.m. Cash cow NAFTA is in play, as is foreign aid to Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen. Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s .,: We're going to be doing things militarily, according to CTV. Until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military, Trump said, calling the move a big step. Trump told reporters he's been discussing the idea with Defence Secretary Jim Mattis. It wasn't immediately clear exactly how the proposal would work or what kind of troops Trump wanted to deploy. Federal law prohibits the use of active-duty service members for law enforcement inside the U.S., unless specifically authorized by Congress. But the White House later said Trump wanted to mobilize the National Guard. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

facebook post: The agreement between Israel and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees would have removed the threat of forced expulsion of about 39,000 people to an unidentified African destination, widely believed to be Rwanda, according to National Observer. The mass deportation was set to begin April 1, but Netanyahu said Monday the plan was called off when it became clear the intended country would not be able to handle absorbing the deported population. Netanyahu revealed the sudden change in a Facebook post only hours after Israel announced it would scrap its plan to deport thousands of migrants and refugees mainly from Eritrea and Sudan after reaching a deal with the UN to send more than 16,000 of them to other countries. ; Canada had been one of the countries expected to resettle some of the asylum seekers, but it remained to be seen whether the Liberal government would increase the number of refugees from the area who were already destined to arrive here. Now, Netanyahu said he will consult further on the plan. Earlier Monday, he said discussions were ongoing with countries that could resettle asylum seekers. Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the UN refugee agency's representative in Canada, said he had no comment on the news that Netanyahu had changed his mind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

identity: At the same time, Canadians value that abundance and see our waterways as integral to our national identity, according to National Observer. The 2017 RBC Canadian Water Attitudes Study confirms that we take water for granted, typically viewing it as an unlimited and abundant resource. Why should Canadians care The 2017 RBC Canadian Water Attitudes Study confirms we take water for granted, typically viewing it as an unlimited and abundant resource. At the same time, Canadians very much value that abundance and see our waterways as integral to our national identity. Canada holds a reputation for leadership in diplomacy, tolerance, respect, and multicultural generosity. Part of that identity is defined by our place on the international stage. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.