Liberals move to block and remove asylum seekers with new $1B plan
A plan costing $1.18 billion over five years is promised in the 2019 federal budget to beef up border security and speed up the processing of asylum claims.
The budget includes more money for the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP to strengthen security and law enforcement at the border. Three new Federal Court judges will also be added to ensure faster processing of appeals by asylum-seekers whose claims are rejected. New resources will also be added for immigration and refugee legal aid.
Immigration is promising to be a key issue in the upcoming federal election, with some provinces - notably Quebec and Ontario - calling on Ottawa to provide them with hundreds of millions of dollars for housing and social-services costs they estimate they've incurred as a result of the increase in refugees.
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