Sri Lankan illegal alien poster boys for critics of US asylum system

This story makes my blood boil, but not in the way the New York Times hopes it will.  Five Tamils (Sri Lankans, are they Tamil Tigers?) paid smugglers $55,000  each to get them to the US where they planned to apply for asylum.  Instead they were caught, placed in detention where they languish supposedly because … Continue reading Sri Lankan illegal alien poster boys for critics of US asylum system

The third world is making a beeline to Canada; government trying to get it under control

My Canada stories are piling up, so I’m going to post three here in one post. First is an update of the Sri Lankan boat people that we first reported here in 2010.  Seems that at least two men on the ship were wrongly given refugee status according to a Canadian Court.  Pro-immigration lawyers had … Continue reading The third world is making a beeline to Canada; government trying to get it under control

Canada: Tamil Tigers on board the MV Sun Sea; Tigers in Oakland?

So what else did you expect! I should be writing about yesterday’s State Department meeting where federal contractors made their pitches for more refugees for FY2013 and I will get to that shortly (I hope), but to add a little variety to our stories about bureaucracy in Washington, I’m posting this update of a story … Continue reading Canada: Tamil Tigers on board the MV Sun Sea; Tigers in Oakland?