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发帖数: 1846 | 1 TORONTO (AP) — Canada has ordered the deportation of a female soldier who
fled the U.S. military in order to avoid the war in Iraq, officials said
Thursday.
War Resisters Support Campaign spokeswoman Michelle Robidoux said that
Citizenship and Immigration Canada has ordered Kimberly Rivera to leave the
country by Sept. 20.
Rivera is meeting with her lawyers to determine her next step and was
unavailable to comment, said Robidoux.
"We are very upset about this decision," said Robidoux. "The cases of war
resisters are not being looked at properly. (Immigration Minister Jason)
Kenney continues to intervene by telling immigration officers to red flag US
soldiers who are applying for asylum as criminally inadmissible. We think
that has tainted the whole process and the government should withdraw that
directive."
Robidoux said they will likely call on Kenney to grant the family
humanitarian and compassionate consideration and allow them to stay.
"Canada's immigration system is considered among the most fair and generous
in the world. It is a matter of public record that Ms. Rivera has had
multiple opportunities to make her case to stay in Canada," said Kenney's
spokeswoman, Alexis Pavlich. |
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