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Arent asylum seekers meant to claim asylum in the first safe country they come to?. So how come this dude lived years illegally in the U.S. without claiming asylum?. Could be because he thought Canada would be a soft touch maybe and he didnt claim in the U.S. because he knew hed be denied because he's a ecconomic migrant not an asylum seejer.

This is a CBC commercial for Trudeau's Liberals. So, they allow comments here on this story. Other less favorable Liberal stories by the CBC on YouTube, don't allow for a comment section. These migrants come from the U.S. when the economy there is booming...WHY? It makes me wonder if many of these migrants are the worst ones. America is the first choice of most immigrants, what are these migrants running from in the U.S.???

Let me first say I am not an Mexican but who are u to judge them? Y'all never walked in their shoes! Y'all don't have a clue of how life is like in their shoes! So what if he can not speak English?! So what if some are in the U.S illegally?! What they all have in common....they wanted better...they tried to get it in whatever way possible.! I would have done the same! As if y'all never did wrong in life!!!!! They so happened to get caught!

Hey Mother Tucker. Your American solution is obviously much better. Kidnap the kids and lock them and their parents separately in dog kennels indefinitely. The reason there are so many more asylum seekers in Canada is the U.S. is systematically forcing them out, often after years of living there. Build that southern wall! Make the U.S. pay! It is their decades of messing around in Central America and their idiotic 'war on drugs' that started the problem in the first place.

Speak English is CANADA?! What the hell!? First it was the U.S. and now it's Canada too? We are lost...

The way you need to do these things is not to show up on the border, but to apply from where you are. He started by being illegal in the U.S., rather than actually applying for entry as a refugee. Then, years later, he showed up on the border of Canada, again without first applying. All nations must have laws that are enforced, else you have anarchy. Anarchists may believe this is a good thing, but nobody is safe in a state of anarchy. So, this man and his family now have a problem because he did not follow the rules.

15 years in the U.S. and he still doesn't speak English, im sorry but that just tells me he didn't want to assimilate and be a U.S. citizen. if I moved to France with the goal of becoming a French citizen you can be sure I would start learning French my first day there.

Canada and the U.S have a treaty or whatever saying applicants for asylum have to apply in the country they first set foot in. Good luck dude.

I'm from a Hispanic background but I was born in the U.S and I do fit the stereotype for a young latina. At the age of 12, I walked into a small convenience store and was instantly kicked out and was accused of stealing a pair of ear buds. I had no bags or backpack on me and was the first time I went there in 2 weeks. It was the first time I was accused to stealing actually. Upon asking how that was possible, I was told that I grabbed the ear buds and walked to the bathroom, wrapped it in toilet paper and then walked out. I haven't even went into the bathroom. It scared me to be honest, I didn't really want to go back to that store since I was afraid the cops would get called on me. To this day, I'm a very studious, I don't wish for my personal record to be marked over racism or false accusations.