"Welcome them with open arms," says Justin "Junior" Trudeau, for diversity is what makes Canada strong. See "Welcome to Canada, Syrian refugees!", WWW 8/2/17. 1000s of Canadians are hollering BULLSHIT, but never mind, it's Liberal government policy and there's no way it's going to be changed before the federal election of 2019... if then.
But you can see that M Trudeau and his oh-so-diverse cabinet are being made nervous by incidents such as the Islamic terrorist attack in Edmonton AB last week. That's because, just as Walt predicted (see "Edmonton Muslim terrorist attack: Walt told ya so!", WWW 2/10/17), the perp turned out to be a Muslim Somali "refugee", waved through the porous Canadian border in 2012. But wait (as Vince Offer used to say), there's more!
The information released by the Edmonton police and the Mounties at the time left the impression that Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, now charged with five counts of attempted murder, four counts of criminal flight causing bodily harm, and one count each of dangerous driving and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, came to Canada as a refugee from Somalia, or maybe Syria. Exactly how and where he entered Canada was not disclosed, and with good reason. Turns out he entered Canada from... wait for it... the USA!In July of 2011, US Customs and Border Protection transferred Mr Sharif into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego CA. Two months later, an immigration judge ordered him removed to his native Somalia. He waived his right to appeal that decision. Two months after that, he was released on an ICE order of supervision "due to a lack of likelihood of his removal in the reasonably foreseeable future," according to Jennifer D. Elzea, acting press secretary for the ICE Office of Public Affairs.
This was in the Obama years, remember, and American authorities just kind of, errr, stopped deporting illegal aliens. But ICE did tell Mr Sharif to come back next year. He was scheduled to be removed on 24 January 2012. ICE was shocked, shocked when he failed to turn up at their enforcement and removal operations center on his scheduled date. Next thing you know he presented himself at the Canadian border.
The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, the Canuck Minister of Immigration and Refugees -- that really is his title -- confirmed today that Mr Sharif entered at an official port of entry, went through the 'regular process' and was granted refugee status later that year. He declined to provide any more details, citing an "active, ongoing investigation."
Oh yes, there's an investigation going on -- a classic case of locking the barn door after the horse has bolted. At a scrum outside the House of Commons today, Junior told the meeja "We are looking into exactly what happened in this situation. We're certain that we have asylum processes that needed to be followed when someone presents themselves at our border, we have rules to follow and we make sure those rules are followed. We're looking into the whole system and will reflect on whether we need to do things differently certainly in the future than the way they were done in 2012. But the priority is always making sure that we're defending the values and rights of Canadians while keeping our communities safe." Yeah... right...
M Trudeau had to answer reporters' questions because his Somali-born (aha!) Minister for Refugees etc. was out of town, speaking at an event in the ghetto which is Brampton. Mr Hussen stressed that decisions on whether to grant asylum are not made by the government but by the arms' length, independent Immigration and Refugee Board. "That board is the one that is responsible for determining the merits of each and every case when it comes to asylum claims," he said. What he didn't say is that the members of the IRB -- each and every one of them -- are appointed by the Liberal government. "Arms' length", indeed... NOT.
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