There were chants in English, Spanish and Tagalog on the B.C. legislature lawn as demonstrators gathered with banners and handmade signs, calling for a path to permanent residency
Garcia, a father of two, would like to immigrate here with his family. His eldest daughter is now 16 and lives in Mexico’s Hidalgo state.
The three have a total of more than 45 years’ worth of agricultural experience in Canada. But none of that work history counts towards permanent residency status, since they’re working under temporary foreign worker permits, he said. “We don’t have papers, nothing.” Cruz, a longtime activist and advocate for migrants and refugees, said the pandemic just increased hardships for undocumented workers. “They were all named essential workers … but it meant nothing but more hours to work, no increase in wages, no access to health-care services, social services and no permanent residence.”
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