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February 28, 2007
Locked out
My latest at Macleans.ca concerns the nine-year-old Canadian locked up in Texas. At least one law professor thinks Canada can help, despite seemingly being hamstrung by the Safe Third Country Agreement.
Officials obviously aren't saying what avenues they're exploring, but Citizenship and Immigration talked at me like I had three heads when I suggested the family might somehow be able to claim asylum in Canada a second time. My personal hunch, unfortunately, is that the scenario laid out by said law professor is more a theoretical possibility than it is likely to occur.
Still, it seems the family isn't wanting for legal representation, so maybe there's yet hope for the kid. There seems little point giving someone like him - that is, someone born in Canada to parents subsequently determined to have no viable claim of residency - if it can't help him out of a jam like this.
Posted by Chris Selley at February 28, 2007 09:33 PM
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Nice column, Chris. It occurs to me, incidentally, that this may be one of the few times in which the blogosphere has actually scooped the mainstream media on a story.
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at March 1, 2007 08:35 AM
Very nice article, Chris! Dr. Dawg drew my attention to it. I was the blogger who first reported about this young Canadian boy and his Iranian parents' ordeal after I'd read The Star's short Feb.16th article.
Consequently, I've sent out numerous letters and contacted my Liberal MP Dr. Ruby Dhalla. She called me a couple hours ago, and said she'll see what she can do as soon as I send her all my info. I did, so now we shall see. I will update my site as soon as I know more...
regards,
Annamarie
Posted by: Annamarie at March 1, 2007 05:35 PM
Wish I'd checked the Star article date before yapping. Mea culpa.
Posted by: Dr.Dawg at March 1, 2007 05:53 PM
The Star's leftist nonsense is well outside the mainstream, Dawg. Congrats on the scoop. ;)
Posted by: Chris Selley at March 1, 2007 06:34 PM