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Yeah. Canada to have path to citizenship for migrant workers. (Original Post)
applegrove
Jul 2019
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We don't have as many illegals as we have 3 oceans and the US border surrounding us. Like the US, we
applegrove
Jul 2019
#4
The way that I read your post is that the USA protects you from people who do not
virgogal
Jul 2019
#6
virgogal
(10,178 posts)1. Canada doesn't let too many immigrants in,though.
Fiendish Thingy
(18,680 posts)3. They let in more per capita than the US
Especially refugees
applegrove
(123,460 posts)4. We don't have as many illegals as we have 3 oceans and the US border surrounding us. Like the US, we
need immigrants every year or we will be livings in dystopian times.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)6. The way that I read your post is that the USA protects you from people who do not
enter illegally--------interesting.
applegrove
(123,460 posts)7. US does stop people in the US from entering illegally because it is where
they want to stay. Then trump came along and people afraid of being deported from the US sometimes cross illegally into canada to make asylum claims in Canada. But we are not talking millions. More like tens of thousands.
sinkingfeeling
(53,139 posts)2. Vancouver is a very diverse city and has many schools downtown to
teach migrants English and skills. I saw multiple TV ads welcoming people sponsored by the provincial government.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)8. Vancouver has many Chinese and Indians-------not too many from Central America or Africa,as the US
has-----completely different demographics.
sinkingfeeling
(53,139 posts)9. So?
EllieBC
(3,382 posts)10. Money.
Chinese and Indian immigrants more often than not have money to invest.
Karadeniz
(23,468 posts)5. Bravo, Canada!