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Canada Rejects Amnesty for Undocumented Workers

By immigrationprof

Ottawa has ruled out amnesty for the estimated 200,000 undocumented workers toiling in Canada’s underground economy, saying it would not be fair to those who have applied legally and are waiting in line, according to a letter obtained by The Globe and Mail.

Allowing undocumented workers to stay would likely “encourage more illegal immigration,” noted Linda Arseneau of Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s ministerial enquiries division in an Oct. 18 letter to the Universal Workers Union. Click here.

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