land acknowledgement: For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca and, most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River, according to NOW Magazine. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. If you've been on campus at University of Toronto in the past few years, you've probably noticed at every convocation, ground-breaking or building opening, someone reads a land acknowledgement that goes something like this We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. Many post-secondary schools across Ontario have their own version of the Statement of Acknowledgement of Traditional Land, but it's only a part of the wider push to decolonize campuses in the wake of the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation report. But the decolonizing process isn't simple. That has created a hiring boom as schools look to hire Indigenous professors and administrators. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border wall: The announcement came hours after Trump pledged strong action today on immigration and a day after he said he announced he wanted to use the military to secure the southern border until his long-promised, stalled border wall is erected, according to Toronto Star. Read more Trump says he'll use troops to guard the border with Mexico until his wall is built Article Continued Below Why Trump is so furious over a U.S.-bound caravan' of Central American migrants Trump threatens NAFTA, foreign aid to Honduras over refugee caravan'Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she had been in discussions with the governors of the southwest border states and has been working with them to develop agreements that will oversee where and how many Guardsmen will be deployed react-empty 144 She suggested some troops could begin arriving as soon as Wednesday night, though other administration officials cautioned that details on troop levels, locations and timing were still being worked out. The lawlessness that continues at our southern border is fundamentally incompatible with the safety, security, and sovereignty of the American people, Trump wrote in a memo authorizing the move, adding that his administration had no choice but to act. Trump has been frustrated by slow action on building his big, beautiful wall along the Mexican border the signature promise of his campaign as well as a recent uptick in illegal border crossings, which had plunged during the early months of his presidency, giving Trump an accomplishment to point to when he had few. But over the past 12 years, presidents have twice sent National Guard troops to the border to bolster security and assist with surveillance and other support. Federal law prohibits the use of active-duty service members for law enforcement inside the U.S., unless specifically authorized by Congress. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border: In Washington, Marine Lt, according to Toronto Star. Gen. The deployment is in very early planning stages, the National Guard in Texas said in a statement. Kenneth F. McKenzie told reporters at the Pentagon that it has not yet been determined how many, if any, of the troops participating in the border security operation will be armed. Jerry Brown would respond to Trump's call. Read more Trump signs order sending National Guard to U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration Article Continued Below Trump says he'll use troops to guard the border with Mexico until his wall is built Why Trump is so furious over a U.S.-bound caravan' of Central American migrants With troops in all states, the National Guard has been called on by past presidents and governors to help secure U.S. borders, and the Texas contingent said it had firsthand knowledge of the mission and operating area that will allow it to move seamlessly into the new role. react-empty 144 The Republican governors of the border states of Arizona and New Mexico also welcomed deployment of the guard along the southwest border as a matter of public safety, but it was unclear how Democratic California Gov. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

haitian man: The man has been detained since September, when he was held for deportation on the grounds that he had two misdemeanour convictions for trying to ride mass transit for free, the ACLU said, according to Metro News. The ACLU and the Brooklyn organization asked the judge to declare that members of the designate class must receive a hearing before an immigration judge within six months. The ACLU and the Brooklyn Defender Services want to bring class-action status to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court recently on behalf of a detained 60-year-old Haitian man who became a permanent resident as a child in the 1970s and has lived in the U.S. for 46 years. The immigration judge would then decide whether the individual is a flight risk or a danger to the community before deciding whether freedom is appropriate while the case proceeds.A message sent to a Justice Department spokesman was not immediately returned. The bond hearings previously allowed some immigrants to remain free while their deportation cases proceeded because the government was unable to show they were a risk to flee or a danger to the community. The ACLU and the Brooklyn organization that provides free legal services to some immigrant detainees said in court papers that immigrants are being denied bond hearings because of a February change in federal policy following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a California case. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hutu extremists: From April to July, 1994, almost a million ethnic Tutsis and their Hutu friends were slaughtered by marauding gangs of Hutu extremists, according to Rabble. In alternative media, there is a long tradition of using radio for peacebuilding, so many community radio workers were horrified to hear that the airwaves in Rwanda were being used to stoke the furnace of ethnic hatred. It began when a plane carrying the president of Rwanda, Juvenal Habyarimana was shot down. Today we're repodcasting a story by David Kattenburg about how radio in Rwanda is working to promote healing after this sad legacy. And the tradition of radio for peace in Rwanda continues. It's called Ghosts of Hate Radio, originally podcast on rabble in 2006, and repeated this week on The Green Planet Monitor. (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 The Chronicle Herald. 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.

lacolle border: Many of the people who are crossing right now recently arrived in the U.S. with visitor visas that are now expired and then are crossing illegally over the border into Canada on foot, according to CTV. Some are also coming in through the airport. The majority of the newcomers are from Nigeria, where the situation has been unstable. Jean Pierre Fortin, National President of the Customs and Immigration Union, said illegal crossings through Quebec were manageable over the winter when they were seeing an average of 50 to 60 people crossing every day. He said the average is about 150 per day. It spiked this weekend Canada Border Services Agency confirmed that approximately 600 refugee claimants arrived at the Lacolle border from March 29 to April 2. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lakefront house: The couple is moving back in with Robyn's parents, according to CTV. Multigenerational households are nothing new. It's a lakefront house in Summerside, Edmonton, and they won't be the only occupants. Nor are they unusual, statistically speaking. Our friends thought it was amazing, and most of them said they'd love to do that with their kids, Wendy Kautz, Robyn's mother and future co-habitant, told CTV Edmonton. According to 2016 Census data, multigenerational living arrangements households that include at least three generations from the same family are increasing in popularity as the fastest growing type of household in the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

person votes: Trump was in West Virginia to showcase the benefits of Republican tax cuts, but he took a big and meandering detour to talk about his tough immigration and trade plans, according to Metro News. He linked immigration with the rise of violent gangs like MS-13 and suggested anew that there had been widespread fraud in the 2016 election. Tossing his boring prepared remarks into the air, President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed a fierce denunciation of the nation's immigration policies, calling for tougher border security while repeating his unsubstantiated claim that millions of people voted illegally in California. In many places, like California, the same person votes many times. They always like to say, 'Oh, that's a conspiracy theory.' Not a conspiracy theory, folks. You probably heard about that, Trump said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sandvine estimates: Sandvine estimates about seven per cent of the studied Canadian households were using Kodi to access pirated content, compared to six per cent of the U.S. households it looked at separately, according to CTV. Another form of pirated streaming, which requires a monthly subscription to watch thousands of live TV channels from around the world, was estimated by Sandvine to be used by about eight per cent of the Canadian households. The Waterloo, Ont.-based network management company Sandvine analyzed anonymized data from 100,000 Canadian households last year and found about one in 10 had at least one set-top box, computer, smartphone or tablet running the Kodi software, which can be used to access legal content but is more commonly known for offering links to TV shows and movies. Dan Deeth, manager of media and industry relations for Sandvine, says he believes most consumers know what they're buying when they pick up one of the streaming boxes, which often tout a free TV for life offer. The average consumer might not know but they're probably fooling themselves or turning a blind eye, because to get those services legitimately you'd be paying over 100 a month to get 1,000 channels -- all the pay-per-views, all the sports channels, all the premium HBOs -- from a legitimate source. But he says it is possible some may not realize they're accessing pirated content. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

return: None of the global powers showed the slightest interest in stepping in to prevent this, as required under the Responsibility to Protect UN-based international norm, which was developed to deal with crimes against humanity such as this, according to Toronto Star. So now what It seems clear that most of these refugees would like to safely return to their homeland. That may be an unnecessary digression from what we know for sure The state-sponsored ethnic cleansing of about 700,000 Rohingya has happened and, for all and intents and purposes, the international community stood idly by. So will the international community take up its responsibility and create and protect a safe haven inside Burma's borders for these people A rhetorical question it would seem because, sad to say, the international Responsibility to Protect doctrine has little traction in today's world. The international community is largely a failed community. These uncomfortable facts should not be ignored. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

roma minority: Now, at most, a few people a day reach the country's borders, according to The Chronicle Herald. Orban is seeking his third consecutive term and fourth overall since 1998. Since 400,000 people passed through Hungary in 2015 on their way to Western Europe, Orban has made migration the near-exclusive focus of his government. Most polls predict Orban's Fidesz party will get around 50 per cent of the votes, far ahead of Jobbik, a nationalist right-wing party, the Socialist Party or several smaller left-wing or green groups. He claims that domestic and European Union funds meant for Hungarian families or the country's 800,000-strong Roma minority will be diverted to migrants, whose presence will weaken Hungary's security and increase its terror risk. According to Orban and his ministers, Hungary will descend into chaos should it become an immigrant country like France or Belgium. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s.-mexico border: The trip will bring the president face to face with the targets of some of his fiercest ire and follows his announcement that he will direct the deployment of National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Metro News. The deployment has sparked widespread outrage in Mexico, which had already been enraged by Trump's pledge to construct a border wall. The White House said Thursday that Trump is set to attend the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, and will travel to Bogota, Colombia, to promote good governance and democracy in the Western Hemisphere. Trump is also set to face scrutiny over his recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminum though exporters to the U.S. who will be in attendance have been granted temporary waivers. Trump will hold meetings with several regional partners, though the final roster was still being finalized. Administration officials said no news is expected at the summit on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement or any on new sanctions on the Venezuelan government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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.