On the eve of a potential change of power in the United States, some migrants are opting to come to Canada.
A Winnipeg man is facing human smuggling charges after he was caught sneaking five foreign nationals into the country, sparking concerns of a larger problem with human smuggling on the eve of the United States presidential election.
The driver of a vehicle crossing the border into Canada was charged after being stopped by members of the RCMP. The foreign nationals located in the vehicle were from various parts of Africa.
This is not the only case of human smuggling into Manitoba in recent times. The Winnipeg Free Press listed four separate cases of people being charged with human smuggling in the last year in an article.
Conservatives have raised concerns that Canada may become a hotbed for illegal immigrants with a potential Donald Trump presidency looming on the horizon.
Trump has promised to deport 11 million illegal immigrants if elected, using the military if needed, as was reported by Forbes.
Canada generally has laxer rules towards illegal immigrants than the United States, with Justin Trudeau‘s immigration minister recently unveiling a program to grant them amnesty.
Conservative MPs have called to increase deportations of illegal immigrants, citing the high number of migrants with deportation orders, and relatively slow enforcement by authorities.
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