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Why don't all these Latin American asylum seekers go to places like Belize, Costa Rica, Panama? The economies and lower crime rates in these countries are good enough to attract many expats from Europe and the United States. Surely for someone seeking asylum they should be okay - and not too far to travel to get there. Plus, they already speak the language! Oh wait - the welfare systems of the US and Canada are so much easier to milk. Yeah, scratch that.

I do feel sorry for these people. BUT if someone wanna kill you, kill them first. Survival! IF everyone in San Salvador \nstarts killing Gang members the problem will be solved. Millions more people than just 65k gang members, right?\nThis is more about economic refugees. This is a sad fact that their Govt. can't/won't take care of their own shit.\nThis is NOT FAIR to other countries. When Isis people get caught they start crying like lil bitches, becuz, it's their turn.

Why would Canadians welcome someone who was in our neighboring country illegally here. He also committed a crime to enter Canada. Not only that but he knows the system well enough how to avoid being deported after his asylum status was denied. Jumping between provinces and hiding with other family members is criminal. Not only should he and his immediate family be deported but also his family in BC who hid him. Our Prime Minister is a joke. We need Trump in Canada.

The problem is someone opened the door and forgot to close it, not thinking about the future

Edmonton and Vancouver are travelled between constantly. They make it sound as if he is millions of miles from his family. I just bet someone he works with travels back and forth and would happily accommodate him on a visit to see his loved ones.

im white.............. someone said i was shoplifting.......

I could be wrong but best buy probably has alot of shoplifters that visit,so if someone hangs around too long........ I m a white woman born in Canada,no predominant religious sign, I ve recieved a lot of vicious words by different people.ignorance is pretty international. And women also can be blamed of this ignorance.

nowadays the word Asylum is getting used like nothing. Did someone change the meaning or something?

My father migrated to the US and left because he hated it. And believe me, the US is far better than any South American country.\n\nI still believe immigrants should be individually depending on their value. If someone isn't a criminal and has a proven record of being an asset, why not let them in?

LMAO LMAO.....I can't stop laughing about her comment on paying taxes. Is she that stupid??? Being drunk is just an excuse, she is sorry racist pityful excuse for a human being. What an example for her children to behave that way. Her kids must be ashamed and disappointed in how she behaved..I would be if my mother behaved that way in public. Kudos to the company and boss who fired her. She should be charged for threats and assault. C'mon women, let's be classy and behave like ladies, ...clearly she comes off uneducated, unruly, narrow minded, have no knowledge of the outside world at all. Someone should wash her mouth with diesel or something.....it is very foul and laughable. I don't think she will be very employable person with that kind of attitude and behavior. NOT ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR IN ALBERTA, QUEBEC, CANADA, OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY KELLY POCHA - AND I AM WRITING IT IN ENGLISH!

All lies! Let Canadians know the real truth! Someone is trying hard to not let us know the TRUTH!

why are all white people racist? Serious question. racism : prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

I'm sorry to hear this - Lost cases are so Rare in Canada - We're usually much more welcoming. However, is it really lost - I have a feeling that's he's an illegal immigrant, which I don't support - Everyone, wherever they are from, needs to go through the system. And The Basics, such as knowing the English language, is a must! Especially if you got a family, no one is going to hire someone without the basics.

The minority should go first. Obviously if the salesman thinks he already sold the apartment to someone else then he's not going to turn around and offer it out to the next customer.

Having worked for Best buy in my experience my bosses made us be that annoying and ask and talk to each customer more than once depending on time in the store if u didn't they cut ur hours the following week and I hated it personally when someone says no need no help I feel like awesome I can go bk to waiting for this shift to end cause I hate my job!

Im a Canadian citizen (born in Toronto) who hasn't lived in Canada for over a decade. I left and declared non-resident status. I visit nearly every summer, spending around $8-10k a trip as well as sending money back to support my parents in Ottawa. I get nothing from Canada, and rightly so. I have to purchase my own health insurance when coming back. That's completely okay with me because I haven't paid into the system for over 10 years. How in the hell is someone who hops over the border with no previous ties to Canada entitled to ANYTHING though? They should be shipped back to their country of origin and duties assessed on any imports from that country should be raised to cover those costs or some other method of recouping that money should happen.

So its racism when you fit the description of someone? OOOOOOOOK

I'll lay it out for you: Me: typical middle of the road liberal oriented Canadian. Non white, immigrant (I wasnt born here) I worked in a Refugee housing for over 4 years in Ontario. Most were not war areas refugees (Yes I know there are other types of refugees). I only encountered few refugees from war areas. ONLY 1 person from Iraq, about 2 families were from Afghanistan, 1 couple from Pakistan(I doubt they were real refugees they spoke fluent English, maybe political refugee), and a most from African countries. Its too far for real refugees to get here. Its Easier for them to go to other countries nearby or Europe. MOST SEEM TO BE ECONOMIC REFUGEES. Most were coming from Africa. Some are coming from Latin America, which shouldn't be happening. Once they showed up at our doorstep and we processed them into the system, they were immediately in the same class as a Canadian resident homeless person if they were making a refugee claim. We get money to house and feed them (from the government), and they are given a stipend for basics from the government processed through the Social Assistance/ Welfare system (they get less than a resident/citizen I think.). They then have to get their case processed by the refugee board, and most seem to get in. I've only heard of few getting sent back. One person I know at our facility, was given a subsided social housing apartment after a year in our facility. So they went straight from a shelter to a government/city owned subsidized apartment. (Didn't seem like it was a issue for the housing worker...they didn't report it (if they were not the ones that helped the person to get it), they were white, the housed person was Latin. This refugee claimant, and then month or two new Canadian resident person was given an apartment in a prime area of the city, instead of the 1000's of Canadians, those who came before them, and born Canadian citizens on an extremely long waiting list. How this was allowed to happen I don't know. The person was probably sucking on someone's straw. I'm just trying to think the barriers these people have to go through to get a job here. We are far removed from the time of the 80's and 90's., and housing and jobs are so hard to get. Lol the "Canadian government asks them to repay the traveling cost to Canada if they are sent back"....I wonder how much the government recoups?.....more like 0 probably. What a bunch of crap. How do you demand someone to repay their flight cost when they get back to their country?

'if you cut your beard itll look more professional' oh yea god forbid someone say that doing some trimming would make you look sharper..god darn racists!

Waning:The comments section is not advised for emotional people.So it is ilegal yeah we all agree,and I don't want to think about how can someone in a country ilegally for 15years go ilegally to another country.Ok maybe whatever made him leave was just so crazy he had no time to think legal and hop,in the US.But oh well.I hope Americans will never have to face anything like that.For now,I'll just be watching from a distance.We jave our own shyte to deal with.

I wonder if the one apartment offer was because... someone rented the other apartment? \n\nYa know... cause a lot of people live in major cities? Or because the news is all sensationalized and manipulated.

i'm Canadian and i feel very ashamed because of this CANEEEEDIAN woman here, like their points we're very valid and if she'd just listen then the cops wouldn't have to be called, the reason for the video to be recorded and her talking more about being a CANEEEEEEEEDIAN woman. She is a disgrace.\nALSO \nshe said speak english, this is canada should know both english and french are canada's language. not just english, besides if someone else speaks a different language shouldn't mean a thing they're canadian and they belong here in canada.

Of course it's a entitled, rude white woman telling someone to go back to where they came from...smfh ( patiently waiting for the purge)

The niqab freaks people out not always because of racism. How would you like someone in a hockey mask or a ku klux clan outfit next to you?

Lady you reacted wrong right from the start even if someone says something to you stick and stones may break your bones but names will never hurt you. What a low end way to react. Canadians don’t act that way we pride our Selves of all being from some where else and living as a happy easy going country. I was born and raised here also and listening to you made me ashamed that you were born and raised here. You would think you learned a thing or two and apologized for your actions but instead it’s poor you no one heard the other side. That’s who you are not Canada we should deport you

19We love, because He first loved us. 20If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also. \n1 John 4:19-21

I live in mainland BC and the most racism I see is against asian people. I literally heard someone say “go back the China” to one of my asian friends in a rugby game.

where did jose get 15,000 dollars , is Jose one of the people from central america that scammed the IRS BY CLAIMING 6 KIDS IN SAN SALVADOR, They raked in millions with that scam ? Where did Jose get a SS# to work in the USA , did he steal someones I.D.

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... FOLLOW the RULES (LAW), STAND in a LINE!! DO the process LEGALLY!! ... said someone who did it that very way:):):) ... might take longer BUT you won't waste your money on LAWYERS WHO KNOW you have NO CHANCES and YET they WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY, ... over and over again

Those ridiculous outfits should be banned for the simple reason that if someone wearing one of them commits a crime how are you supposed to identify the criminal under all that cloth?

Justin was just after the publicity. Wanted to be a pretty boy. This is whay happens when you put someone who doesn't know actual law in charge of a country.

Yet Canada takes in terrorist with open arms but won't help someone like the guy in the video

It should be more easy to invade another country and use their welfare system for noncitizens... I’m saying that the USA should invade Mexico and they should pay for our US Citizens to live in Mexico as undocumented invading illegal aliens. The Mexican government are a bunch of hypocrites though. They go to California for campaigning to even get their own president elected. That shows how raped the USA has been from Mexico’s citizens. \nThis video of an illegal alien (lying invader who reduces immigrant to mean someone who doesn’t follow the law,) makes the USA look like a sorry worthless place to live. \nCanada even has rules and Mexico even follows their own immigration rules... but democrats and Californians make the USA look like America is pretty pathetic.

My cousin got a good lawyer after almost 30 years of being here temporary. I wish I could get his information to give him the name of a lawyer whose not a scammer. She heard about her lawyer from a church she went to. He needs to meet people and someone will lead him to a good one. Part at 6:00 reminds me of my dad when he's giving us lectures lol.

It's very hard to have sympathy for someone who just shows up and expects to get to stay.\nIt shows that you're an entitled brat who think they're special. Honest people apply and wait in line for their turn.\nIf you can't be bothered to apply for citizenship or recidency before you come to a country, then that should be an automatic refusal and deportation.

I feel bad for them but as a Canadian, do I want them to become Canadian (prob will not pay income tax cause they won’t make a lot of money, being near poverty line)(and will require lots of help from the government)? Or someone from a rich country that goes through investment method to gain PR card (injecting 100-200k into local companies in cash for pr card)(they will most likely buy expensive stuff from our local economy). Let me know what you think guys think. I want 90% of the immigrants to be the latter. Can’t let all the poor peoples in or we will go bankrupt as a nation. This is reality

i get followed around a lot in shops because of my hijab.. but when someone does follow me and it distracts me from shopping, i tell them just because I'm not looking at you doesn't mean i don't see you are following me. a quick buzz off let me concentrate always does the trick.

For someone like them, they drive a pretty nice car. 15 years in the US and he cannot speak english.

The black guy couldn't even shop without someone asking if he needed help.

This is sad, however this man knew he was breaking the law when he brought himself and his family into the US illegally and then into Canada. It’s hard to feel sorry for someone who is trying to undermine policy and law. Many ppl in prison are separated from their families too, should we start releasing them because it’s sad to see families be apart?

Canada Only accepts chinese and indians. I know someone who works for the gov and thats what they see

Great video, but I disagree with the section on the hijab and niqab. Both are symbols of the wearer's membership and commitment to Islamic extremism, so of course people are going to be upset about it. If someone were to parade around in full KKK garb they'd get the same comments The hijab and niqab are not part of Islam, but part of Islamism.

why did he not legally apply for citizenship in the us to begin with? Yes it is sad. But can someone explain to me why he hasn't attempted to become a legal citizen?

I can't believe what's being said in these comments. So the fact that he didn't speak English in the interview is the only thing that sunk in? Ok. Many of the immigrants that come here , come for the opportunities: Work, food, shelter, etc. Learning English should be mandatory in all immigrants applying for citizenship but we can't disregard someone because they choose NOT to speak English. For all we know, this guy (I'm sure) understands and probably can speak some English but for the sake of the interview the producers mostly likely asked him and he chose to speak in Spanish.

Did someone mention that asylum is for refugees, not migrants? Or does that not matter anymore?

Is funny how I'm reading some racist comments but these people behind the screen wouldn't have the balls to say it to someone's face.

No matter how someone explains the sacrifices and sufferings of those who immigrated, some simply will not understand.

I probably wouldn't donate to someone holding a bucket on the side of the street with a home-made sign

Freedom of choice to wear a niqab.... Lets look at a big picture here folks. If everyone dressed up fully covered and someone commits a crime. Can you give me a description please? Its common fukn sense.... If people dont want to blend in with our way of life then you shouldnt be here! The liberals need out of power, they are going to ruin canada. Look at europe. Learn from the past!