Why the closing of the US-Canada border plunges migrants into despair | DW News

The migrant crisis in the southern United States is moving north. After 40,000 immigrants crossed into Canada in 2022, the two countries agreed to close their common border to asylum-seekers. DW reports from Roxham Road, one of the main "unofficial" crossing points.
Clarification: The 8890 km boundary between the US and Canada shown in a graphic in this video includes the border both countries have with the US state of Alaska.
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Names and designations of the interviewees in order of first appearance: 01:09 Andrew Selee - President, Migration Policy Institute 05:02 Jennifer Kwan - MP, Vancouver East 06:36 Gauri Sreenivasan - Co-Director, Canadian Council for Refugees 07:23 Naqib Sarwary - Amnesty International 08:02 Jane - Researcher 09:35 Mike Guthrie - Director, Portland Family Shelter 10:58 Mardochee Mbongi - Lawyer 11:24 Kate Snyder - Mayor of Portland 12:16 Katherine - Resident 12:36 Resident Reporter: Carolina Chimoy

[@benjammin9745]

Wtf happened to non-biased news media? What happened to reporting the facts and letting people make their own judgements? DW, you disappoint me.

[@jackmidst8304]

Carolina Chimoy should educate herself before “reporting” falsehoods. DW, you can do a whole lot better.

[@cheshirekat8273]

You showed a map claiming that the Great Lakes belong entirely to the United States. The Great Lakes do not belong to the USA: the border splits the lakes in half (except Lake Michigan, which is the only one that belongs entirely to the USA). Fix this or remove your video. It's misinformation!

[@sadimasson8734]

@@benjammin9745 Julian Assage (sp?) I do not like the man BUT he told the truth. Investgative Journalists are few. They're being killed 'cos of info. Watch Oliver Stone and John Pilger Doc's.

@@Joseph-ke3xc I agree, That's a very selfish not relevant comment to the crysis.

[@84marcow]

I’m tired of people assuming that America and Canada are responsible for all of the world’s population.

[@daxtynminn3415]

Mostly they assume America but yeah!!!

[@dammitdan106]

Or Texas. But that message is being bused right up to eastern Blue Hives. And Canadians are feeling the love too.

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

Cana what? I'd assume Americans assume a lot. But I think that's just them.

[@aden4843]

Am Canadian American foreign policy is deeper than u think we have some hand in these we support many regimes etc

[@aliancemd]

Europe has the same issue, not only “America”(just so you know: America is 2 entire continents). People go where the economy is stronger and they believe they’ll have a better life

[@reddeercanoe]

As a Canadian I feel I must correct some misconceptions of this video. Canada has a population of 40,000,000 and we accepted one million legal immigrants last year. One of the prerequisites is that they speak one of our two official languages English or French. We have a backlog of Afghani who helped the Canadian Army that must be allowed into Canada simultaneously Ukrainians can come wherever they want and stay as long as they want. To top this off Canada has a housing crisis and unlike much of the world if you don’t have a warm home in Canada then you will freeze to death. I ask you where the illegal immigrants will stay during our 7 month long winter.

[@nocapnobs7845]

why was the canadian army in afghanistan? i don't remember any mujahidin attacking canada. where they there on a vacation? why is the canadian army being deployed as part of the great imperial army aka NATO to africa to secure mining contracts, popi fields, oil thefts, gold thefts, coups etc. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh but that would take some brains and a lot of research. How much do you reckon the canadian 5 big banks made in profits last year?

[@Alb410]

THIS

[@Moonless6491]

but you guys expect the US to do the same thing? No one can afford homes here and we are already funding almost 2/3 of Europe's war while inflation goes up

[@worknfun7368]

Trudeau let in my cousin who murdered his wife in Iraq because he said he was gay now. And he gets $500 week and free hotel. We party there all the time. God bless Trudeau. Allah akbar

[@nocapnobs7845]

@@Moonless6491 Take it up with your gov't pal

[@yakovkosharovsky8487]

I dont even know how to describe it. They broke the law, crossed to other country and they are surprised that no one gives them place to sleep, unbelievable.

[@vivaldi1948]

It's like if you come home one day and find that people have broken into your house and now live there and expect you to support them.

[@user-np5jp1ll1t]

Well, a law that does not help people is simply broken and a law is put in place that is humane.

[@user-np5jp1ll1t]

@@vivaldi1948 Your house has mountains, rivers, millions of animals, trillions of plants? I'm sorry but your house is not even 0.000000001 of a country, I mean you can't compare a house with a country, we should all have the right to live wherever we want, what happens is that you don't realize why you never leave the four walls of your house and you don't even put yourself in these people's shoes, the world is changing, maybe one day not too far away there will be a real revolution and this planet will be a better place to live.

[@aeonsbeyond]

and their criminal lack of critical human intelligence still doesnt remit their human rights. welcome to HUMANITY bro its a snake pit

[@debi8057]

Close the borders

[@tokesalotta1521]

Imagine going to some foreign country, sleeping in public, and demanding that the people take care of you. Not asking for work, but for free everything

[@_ata_3]

That's not true. The great majority of them go to work and are willing to work and are used to a life of work.

[@sleepylionking1103]

So with that logic homeless people don’t deserve a home??

[@sharon-qc3gn]

Welcome to New York and Chicago

[@sharon-qc3gn]

@@_ata_3except the Venezuelan people they don’t want to work, they got govt handouts and expect the same in USA.

[@hed2410]

​@@sleepylionking1103what logic? These Are not citizens.

[@teashdrinks714]

Imagine living in a country with already high living costs and a housing crisis and everyone thinks we can handle it

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength ,

[@thegarfield2414]

@@neilnelson7603 Yes definitely, let's welcome people like you, people who support Russia, are hating the West, yes. What could go wrong? Stay in Africa bro. Don't come to the West if you hate it so much.

[@Automedon2]

Good thing there is no shortage of affordable housing and schools that can take an unlimited number of children speaking foreign languages. Medical systems that can handle an extra million a year, power grids that can handle endless new users. Bring MORE. Just like Germany, "all are welcome"

[@rscott2247]

Despite all the bad flak Trudeau is getting lately, I must back him here ! Danke DW for this video !

[@FelidaeMumofClowderofFelidae]

I agree that the United States or Canada cannot neglect this issue either. As an American, I can attest to this firsthand. We have yet to even begin to address the issues and what is broken that are already present in the United States. How can we adequately address these issues on top of the existing ones? Where these individuals come from, they must struggle to repair their own countries or find the resources to do so. Change begins at home. Canada and the United States cannot accommodate everyone. The United States has its own set of issues to address, just like the world, we simply hide them better than most other countries.

[@user-uk8he7qn2e]

I hope that every country will strictly reject illegal immigrants, because this behavior is an insult to those who enter according to the procedures.

[@MrManfly]

Trudeau will embrace them like they've done nothing wrong !!

[@KeVIn-pm7pu]

What procedures? They purposefully make it harder to apply for asylum or Immigration to the point that people have no other Choice.

[@nishant54]

​@@KeVIn-pm7puThat's even good procedure then.

[@KeVIn-pm7pu]

@@nishant54 no its not. Its against international law, its inhuman and inmoral, and its avoiding to take responsibility of what the usa has done.

[@beckyroberts2938]

Yes, thank you.

[@pashat22]

As an immigrant myself who entered Canada officially with almost 2 years of wait period and screenings, meeting all eligibility criteria (language, work experience, education, etc), I'm opposed to letting immigrants via unofficial ways. If they want to seek asylum there's official ways for that. This executive order totally reflects position of most Canadians!

[@NathanCroucher]

Once an immigrant, always an immigrant. Canada should send you back to the desert.

[@catchdafever9207]

I like you. You are the perfect immigrant, you are more than welcome.

[@Snartfoodler]

Lol who knew Canadians would be even more annoying than Americans.

[@NathanCroucher]

Really, why did it take him 2 years to get in? The valuable ones get in instantly. This is just another handout to a charity case @@catchdafever9207

[@marcusfelton-wo2vx]

You went through all that when you could have snook across the Border. L 🙂 l

[@cherylmoore232]

If they are traveling for months, why do their clothes always look so clean?

[@lindanorris2455]

THEY ALL HAVE NICE CELL PHONES. DESIGNER CLOTHING. MULTIPLE CHILDREN. MANY HAVE DESIGNER BACK PAKS. THYE HAVE GOLD JEWELRY.

[@Inquisitor2024]

Laundry mats along the way?😂

[@Twistedmiss]

Shoplifting

[@GreasyBaconMan]

It’s called Forced Migration inniciative an intergovernmental negotiated agreement between the UN and US. Funded by world banks, US. It’s to destabilize a nation resources! Weaponizing migration!

[@hollynonya6991]

Because most fly to Mexico

[@rpn000]

As an Indian, I can attest to the fact that most asylum seekers from India are not in any danger. They use asylum as a mechanism to circumvent the legal immigration process, especially if they lack the required education or skills to immigrate legally

[@keikairin2038]

These wealthy also strip our foodbanks to make money. This service is meant for the poor. We give them the stink eye and they just laugh at us and call us racial slurs. Then they film themselves, put it online and brag to their friends back home. There is something infinitely wrong with a lot of your people.

[@KaranBagga87]

Those are Khalistani.

[@rpn000]

@@KaranBagga87 not always. I know people from other states like Gujrat who did the same.

[@partiellementecreme]

@@rpn000 Canadians don’t care. It’s all just India to us.

[@rpn000]

@@partiellementecreme I agree. It should not matter where in India they come from. In fact for a Canadian it should not matter which country they come from if they are illegal immigrants

[@TonyLeadholm]

Claiming "Asylum" simply because you want a better life unfortunately isn't a valid reason. Actual persecution when your life is at risk... absolutely. But legally they are required to claim asylum at the nearest/first country they get to. Not 10 countries later once they can get to the US or Canada. It is a slap in the face to those legal immigrants who went through the arduous process of gaining such status legally.

[@marcellabrowning315]

It's far worse than just that.

[@user-vv5rf3he4t]

Non of this is legal and what is Asylum anymore. Shut our boarders😡

[@ibrahimalharbi3358]

Earth is for everyone, as long as individual not commit crime. Criminals could be expel after doing so.

[@pamelasueminton951]

They are stealing purses out of the hands of women .....why do they need money ...if no money how did they cross sooooooo many countries to get here?

[@GreasyBaconMan]

@@ibrahimalharbi3358 Is your house available to everyone? So why should the US pay for everyone.

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

How many countries do you cross from Africa to US and Canada? They are supposed to apply for asylum in the 1st country.

[@bluefire10169]

Right

[@sunrise1975italia]

Exactly! But they pick and choose between countries bc they are not asylum seekers, only illegal economic immigrants.

[@Matanumi]

Yea. USA and Canada having SO MANY asylum seekers is a scam of the system

[@Irin31]

Strange that the whole world population think that US and Canada have to solve the whole world problems :(

[@edgargarcia823]

Every country has immigration laws. You can't just open the doors to everyone.

[@annsumner8570]

Obviously the treasonous politicians aren't following the rules.

[@Europa1749]

They're just coming in anyway.

[@tedburg6042]

The native Americans didn't. See how it worked out for them.

[@rockman8by7cut]

Biden did. Unelected dictatorship.

[@marcduchamp5512]

You let anybody come into your house and live with you and spend your wallet eat your fridge?

[@evangephone-two7877]

Boohoo. You don't get to country shop. We owe them nothing.

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength,,

[@fabianlopez6911]

Your country created the problem and now your country is going to suffer the consequences, no matter if you lived in Europe, US, or Canada.

[@DominicBlair]

@@jetgdvsdfgdis it though? Because if you look at countries like Sweden they don’t seem to be having a good time

[@Justsaying-cg2nz]

Absolutely! Come by the main door please.

[@herrwarmduscher5204]

The actual title of this video should be: Why not closing the US-Mexico border is plunging Americans and legal immigrants into despair

[@KM-ue9hh]

Can’t believe they expect American people to help them. Brining kids doesn’t give you the permit.

[@murk2002]

If you’re coming from South America don’t they hit multiple “safe countries” prior to reaching the United States?

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength,,

[@murk2002]

@@jetgdvsdfgd 😂😂😂

[@infectedvoice4670]

Maybe Costa Rica is safe, but Mexico and Central America aren't.

[@graceneilitz7661]

@@infectedvoice4670Mexico is relatively safe, it depends where you are since it’s a rather large country.

[@infectedvoice4670]

@@graceneilitz7661 It's not, you're even safer in the USA despite the mass shootings.

[@darnellh1700]

illegally entering canada illegally and you think you are welcome, youre not.

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength ,,

[@davidlynch9049]

​@@jetgdvsdfgd Encouraging illegal immigration is not our strength, and is against the law, but you are probably an illegal.

[@user-bs6bs1fq6i]

Who cares canadia life is boring af have fun in your bassement during 7 months winters

[@javiervega1065]

No one cares about your opinion, you don't get to decide who is welcome or not

[@SamsungAndIphoneuser]

​@@javiervega1065 🤡🤡🤡

[@utube6239]

No documents NO entry.

[@DerekBlais]

I feel this video glossed over a lot of key issues that Canadians (citizens, PRs, and legal immigrants) are facing, e.g., a housing crisis like no other, unaccessible medical services, high COL, lack of transportation options outside major cities, bureaucracy interfering with building and development, government mismanagement… Adding more people before better infrastructure and policies are implemented is not going to help our current problems. Canada cannot save the world before it saves itself.

[@wiggly103]

But the US is supposed to?

[@downieduck2414]

neither can the us or europe --- stay in your country and fight for what you want...sometimes it is worth dying for...as all the young ukrainian men...Imagine if they ever get out of this war - all the asylum seakers that would pour in and want the life there but not prepared to spill blood in own country for what they want.

[@_ata_3]

Don't worry, nobody is expecting Canada will save the world 😂

[@FutureMediaPro]

Canada is facing the same problems the rest of the world is facing. You can't lock down for two years due to Covid19 and magical reopening without major economic problems.

[@mikicerise6250]

How do you manage to go all the way from Angola to Canada without passing through one other safe country? Safe from what?

[@SkyDiver-wd5oj]

@mikicerise6250 Exactly

[@solconcordia4315]

Safe from persecution.

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength ,

[@balsdsa]

Lack of free $$$

[@infectedvoice4670]

Also, there's no war in Angola right now. So what are they fleeing?

[@undercomposition]

Canada should completely close it's borders until it can get it's society into a state of stasis. Here in the US we should do the same.

[@Graeberwave]

I hope you caring about stasis so much means you're clamoring for your government to not scam the life out of the same economies that people are fleeing, which creates the push-pull factors you're screeching about. Something tells me you have no idea about anything I just said, sad.

[@flyingcucumber]

I think you mean complete closing of humanitarian based immigration. Which I would support even as an outsider. However you do need skilled labor influx. Otherwise you will very soon face the same population problem in Japan.

[@MusehanaH]

​@@Graeberwave, well articulated.

[@beckyroberts2938]

YES! Thank you. We are supposed to be in charge of our own country! Let's act like it.

[@mickfoley1413]

Agreed. The only way to fix the housing crisis is to do this. We need 3 million homes to meet the current demand and politicians are bragging about building 2000 homes. It's all optics. I honestly believe is something isn't done in the next couple of years, the US and Canada could see a collapse. There is an endless supply of people from other countries trying to immigrate to the US/Canada and there is a limited supply of assistance.

[@CaptainMisery86]

Those northern states we've sent immigrants to, they have been advocating for open borders and saying things like "no one is illegal", but none of them are interested in sharing the burden. Some of them declared states of emergency after getting just a few hundred while the southern border states can get more than 10,000 a month

[@malcolmliang]

This is so unfair on people who actually pay up and wait years

[@sbl17jackson37]

The solution is simple. Close all borders in the US, CANADA, and Mexico. Force all immigrants to apply for asylum in their countries of origin and allow them in the US or Canada only if their asylum request are approved. The US and Canada are being overwhelmed and cannot allow millions of illegal aliens to flood into their countries.

[@davisurdaneta1426]

I immigrated here in Canada 15 years ago, through the legal, tedious and costly process. As an immigrant myself, I am not against immigration and asylum seekers through the legal means. I totally support refuguees who needs protection, however, the situation now in Canada is different compared to 10 years ago. In recent years, there is a housing crisis in the country that even locals are becoming homeless due to lack of opportunities and high cost of living. Most companies are laying off their employees or they're implementing pay cuts. Social services, health care, peace and order are deteriorating. Taking-in more undocumented asylum seekers will only worsen the current situation. The homelessness in big cities like Toronto and Vancouver is already in Crisis Level. I hope the government will fix first the problem before they will continue accepting illegal asylum seekers.

[@reekinronald6776]

They won't, because they don't have the balls, and 2) there are grifters and organizations that live off of mass migration and they will cut off the balls of any politician or Civil servant that attempts to control it.

[@scottythegreat1]

The problem is that human smugglers are deceiving people into thinking theres a better life in North America and Europe, and theyre right. However, theres so many asylum seekers now that none of these countries can support the number of people coming. The word is out, and we cant stop it. They are using the UN Geneva convention on human rights in order to leave Africa and South America and come here, but now, theyre on the streets, and they arent going anywhere.

[@wynduu2]

I feel very much ashamed to have you as a fellow Canadian. These asylum seekers are desperate and they are asking for our help and we as Canadians should be happy to do so. Not everyone has the resources and connections to enter this country legally. Please do Canada a favor and stop telling others that you live in Canada. It is somewhat embarrassing.

[@maryrochefortt505]

Agree with everything you've said. My son's now must compete for jobs with illegal cheap labour, also for apt rentals which have skyrocketed because of the massive amount of people that they Trudeau keeps importing. Few speak proper English in retail stores, take outs, customer service etc.. also little to no assimilation as they tend to self segregate with others who originate from the same countries. This has lead to a much less cohesive society esp. in large cities. Take care now fellow Canuck😊

[@themanwithnoname9578]

Canada have to enforce maid

[@devdroid9606]

There is no threat of detainment if you cross the boarder illegally. This is why so many have crossed Roxham road. They are warned right before crossing, that it is illegal but they do not care, because they have been told by others that as soon as you cross, the Canadian government will offer you housing, health care and even a stipend. If there was a detainment period during which their asylum claim was evaluated and they had to stay in one location (e.g., in military facilities), perhaps some of them would think twice. It would not be so easy for them to receive money and work illegally in Canada, as many do. We must help legitimate claimants who are running for their lives. But there are many who intentionally plan to leave their country when their lives are not threatened and they have the means to buy air tickets or travel for weeks over land in the USA. Canada must speed up the processing of illegal crossings and also make those who do ineligible for citizenship, unless they can prove that there was no alternative to not crossing.

[@marcellabrowning315]

The UN is paying for the travel expenses of illegals, $300 per month and collecting their id's before they enter the USA.

[@FutureMediaPro]

I am a US Citizen Puerto Rican French descent, I came to Canada with my Canadian born Citizen husband on Dec 24 2022. We were stuck at the official border on Christmas Eve for 6 days, and we had all our papers. I have my US passport and my husband his birth certificate and Canadian passport. Unfortunately, I can see why they decided to close the border. It affects Canadian citizens and people that do have their papers and spend money to do their immigration process. That cost us 11k.

[@iamshewhowalksalone820]

Don't you all want to know 'why' this mass migration is taking place, it is 'not' sustainable! WHY???

[@ivanojeda1691]

I would've closed the UNITED STATES border 50 years ago.

[@julesmum9781]

Married to a citizen, you should have been eligible to obtain provisional permanent residency prior to entering Canada. I don't understand the hold up at the border nor the cost. Can you pls enlighten me

[@diegogalvan1810]

@@julesmum9781even citizens can be detained at the border for a plethora of reasons. They may suspect you’re trafficking, sneaking in illegal substances, etc. I had an ex cross the American border with me, she was a Spanish and American citizen and I was American they still detained us because they thought something was fishy about us.

[@FutureMediaPro]

@julesmum9781 I don't know why, either. Honestly, to me, it felt like discrimination. I don't think some border patrols understand that Puerto Ricans are indigenous. I think it's a lack of worldly knowledge and is stuck on hick mentality.

[@joerice4390]

This is absolutely insane.. this is ridiculous why do we keep even allowing them to come...

[@julienielsen4462]

The leadership opens the borders. Be careful who you vote for. That’s why Quebec is putting rules like you need to speak French.

[@malcontender6319]

​@@julienielsen4462 Don't worry, they've already selected morroccans and algerians for them to take - so many former french colonies to draw from!

[@annsumner8570]

Let quebec take every immigrate in the world.

[@marcduchamp5512]

Politicians are paid to allow all these insanity

[@glidercoach]

It keeps a good percentage of the public arguing with each other and distracted from what the government is doing.

[@Jalenlane93]

They need to have a set number for asylum seekers. Its a slap in the face of citizens when non citizens get services that they can't get.

[@roberttrovato6314]

Imagine coming to a different country for a life and find out you were better off if you stayed home

[@Lakeboii70]

You don’t want to be on the streets of Canada for the winter

[@htm000]

I want to point out the irony, Canada was among the countries condemning the US for it's handling of the southern border. The current administration has made us the new transit country, and now canada gets to feel what it's like.

[@v.a.993]

I am all for treating people humanely, but I am not for open illegal immigration. Contrary to the reporter's closing remark(s), the U.S. and Canadian immigrations systems aren't broken. They work well for people seeking immigration legally.

[@joecater894]

@@RogerMcMillan its not that they won't work ... its that there isn't enough of them being born and the next gen either... all the while the elderly are growing. They made it hard to have children economically and with a number of other things.. so people arent. But this type of mass migration isnt the answer..

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

Yeah idk man, you have to score super high on the scale, normal people can't really migrate legally. You have to have a decent college degree in a in-demand field, and that excludes an awful lot of people from the get go. You just try to skim off the top, but Canada isnt too attractive for that kind of talent to be frank. Taxes too high, salary too low, and now they even blame you for housing price inflation and you have to pay A ridiculous discriminatory tax to buy housing - that's one way to say you're not welcome. All you have going is a culture that's appealing to some, but meh... Not competitive with real top destinations.

[@dannyzero692]

@@joecater894 what makes it worse is that the majority of voters were the baby boomers so appealing to them like increasing pensions and other benefits often allows the politicians to get into power at the detriment of young people. The same thing already happened in Japan, the youth don’t actively participate in politics as much as the boomers do because the demographic difference is so large that the young people almost always get outvoted making the country increasingly harder to live in by increasing tax for the young and extra pensions for the elderly.

[@paulhenson4434]

​@@dannyzero692Extra pensions for the elderly? What do ya think a baby boomer is?

[@Thecuriousincident1]

Why do you think people fleeing war and other horrible living conditions as illegal. there is no such thing as illegal when people are looking for asylum and it can be in any country but somehow Americans/ Canadians think they are special.

[@Zeke2p9]

3:13 this graph is quite misleading. The 2022 bar is only like 4 times bigger than the 2021 bar when it should be 10 times the length.

[@andysharp4154]

I don't understand how anyone from a warm country can think that living on the street in Canada would be a better life considering the Canadian winter. Perhaps all the people protesting the border closures would be willing to let the asylum seekers pitch tents in their backyards and share their kitchens, bathrooms, and laundry facilities, buy them groceries and help them find jobs. On really cold nights in the winter they could sleep on the basement floor.

[@noman266]

Canada welcomes new immigrants, but only those come in through legal channels. We don't have unlimited resources to take just just anyone. Taxpayers work hard and their money shouldn't be wasted.

[@TheRockkickass]

Yea and you people are already taxed enough despite the low salary’s. You canuks don’t need any more strain

[@mp7329]

Exactly. These are illegal immigrants. I’m dual Canadian and American. Don’t let them in.

[@Curling_Rack]

homes start at $1.5 million in canada

[@TheRockkickass]

@@Curling_Rack it took a 2 second google search to find out that you’re wrong 🤣

[@Dom_Fella]

Stupidest thing I've read since a long time! Liar!

[@clyde1188]

Canada and the United States, we need to get our own people looked after with a roof over their heads, food, clothing etc. And after that who knows how, where and when that will happen? And the and only then try absorbing the immigrants coming to our countries through a legal process. Thats my thoughts

[@mlss1229]

It's not up to the government to give handouts to their lazy citizens it's time to work for a living

[@begonethot9681]

As a candian, when you go down the rabbit hole to find "who's at fault" .... well lets just say this was masterminded over a 100 years ago. There's a hint. There's a reason why only white western nations are recieving illegal aliens. You don't see them going to other ethnic first world countries like Dubai, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong. And everyone's farvourite Israel. Hmmm. Thankfully Russia is the last safe haven for europeans. As for Truduea, this is the one thing he's done right to close the border. By the way I'm spaniard conquistador descendant so I get the "minority card".

[@CMoore8539]

I totally agree with you.

[@glidercoach]

There is no fixing the US and Canada. They are in the final stages of collapse.

[@aviyahcrow6617]

USA Govt DOESN'T CARE about its citizens. INTENTIONALLY DESTROYING the country, kind of the same income disparity which caused the French Revolution.

[@gracehart2788]

Securing a job as an immigrant world wide is really difficult, how do everyone expect us to survive

[@gracehart2788]

You’re right, but without working getting salaries how else can you pay your bills ?

[@clintonchinda]

Permit me to intrude, have you heard about an innovation called bitcoin and how a distinguished man called me Grey Thomas is helping immigrants not only in America but all around the world generate income and better their standard of living

[@gracehart2788]

This all sounds amazing, I would also like a slice of this pie, how can I contact him please?

[@gracehart2788]

Thanks for the info 🙏

[@snapon666]

stay home and create jobs in your own country

[@bellgrand]

Problem is that a lot of people think immigration only ratchets one way. What if "fixing" immigration means making it more strict, not less?

[@truth4004]

it cant get more strict.

[@Azel247]

To the people asking for the borders to open, do you also open your home to anyone who wishes to come in? Is anyone allowed to come eat your food and sleep in your bed for as long as they wish?

[@ayseltoksoz5698]

❤

[@itmustbecomeasun]

I agree with you but this argument is dumb, don't compare a country with private property. Yes, everyone should enter legally to any country, but stop pretending they are consuming your personal resources.

[@pjk1714]

​@@itmustbecomeasunWhen they arrive in Canada as scheduled asylum they actually do after clearance. Others remain in hotels at $4k a month just per room. Did this from Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine among others. Our system is not like USA.

[@itmustbecomeasun]

@@pjk1714 Yes, I agree, but I'm sure poverty pretty much make it impossible for people seeking refuge. It's pretty sad the whole thing. My perspective of central/south American immigrants is different, I live in Mexico and I constantly watch them on the streets asking for money or food. I give them food or water whenever they can but oftentimes they are okay with you just smiling at them or acknowledging them. The situation is different since they don't want to stay in Mexico, but it's just pretty sad, everyone loses in these situations.

[@Azel247]

@@itmustbecomeasunPlease tell me where you think the resources they are consuming come from?

[@fredthomson2384]

As a Canadian, where exactly do you put asylum seekers when rent is $2000 a month, a house is $500,000+, inflation on groceries is 8%, and our health care is strained, our national debt is going through the roof and it’s -20 outside six months a year. Where???

[@ishkanark6725]

There is one solution to the housing crisis The government building cheap houses

[@Serenityfor1]

At least Canada has laws they follow regarding illegal immigrants.

[@David_Rafuse]

5:12 MP Jennifer 'Jenny' Kwan is herself an immigrant, born in Hong Kong. Several years ago she was interviewed in an online CBC article about Asian tax-evaders; basically wealthy tax-residents who do not report foreign income/assets. She went on to say that in Chinese-Canadian society, ppl are very private about financial matters and that The Rest of Us need to understand and accept that. So, if you or I are required by law to report any foreign income assets over CAD 100,000, that's one thing. If HER in-group refuses to and commits tax-evasion...well, we need to be understanding. And she is an ELECTED official. Any Canadian should be highly doubtful of this politician's loyalty to Canada.

[@martymcfly256]

I came to Canada legally from Germany. My wife came here legally from Guatemala. We are both naturalized Canadian citizens and neither one of us has any sympathy for illegals. It's plain and simple: Come here legally or don't come at all.

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength,,

[@mariejosestjuste8411]

REALLY,

[@Betelgeuse732]

🤠🤠👍👍👍👍

[@Iseos.]

Thank you I fully agree.

[@mariejosestjuste8411]

WE ARE ALL ALLIENS. DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE WE COME FROM. WE ARE PASSING BY

[@zapfanzapfan]

Seeking asylum is not a buffet, you seek asylum in the first safe country.

[@HerMajesty1]

Yup. And the US large cities are not safe. The smaller cities don't have the money or the room

[@luisenrique9015]

@@HerMajesty1exactly the should claim asylum in Guatemala

[@expatiate1]

US constitution says president is to secure the borders.

[@cynergie7443]

I live in Chicago and i am seeing whole families with small children living in tents in parks.What will they do in our long cold season? Who let this happen? And why?

[@rickywinthrop]

I'm Canadian and think a three year moratorium on all immigration would actually be a good thing for both native born citizens and immigrants alike. Three years would allow us time to digest the millions already here who who are struggling to find work. It would help relieve pressure on our housing market, which is off the rails and allow us to improve infrastructure that is wearing out even more quickly under the increased pressure of added millions. Allowing more immigrants in when the conditions on the ground are this weird is not fair to anyone. We need some time and good policy to set conditions right for immigrant and native born citizens alike to have the best chance of integration and developing decent lives here (when 50% of your neighbors are from elsewhere native born have to integrate as well). A three year break would go a long way towards avoiding many of the problems afflicting european nations and other places the world over who have had millions dumped on their soil without a proper plan in place to obsorb them. I am pro immigrant 100% but to bring people from all corners just to exploit them in low wage dead end jobs as they struggle to keep decent roofs over their heads in the cold cold winters is outrageous and makes us look bad.

[@dalepxp8963]

Dream on. Your gooberment already tossed you and your people under the Train

[@MS-ii1sv]

50 year moratorium

[@markanthony3275]

Mass immigration and the destruction of national identity that it is intended to cause, is purely political. There is no economic case for it and there is no social case for it either.

[@paulcolburn3855]

Your policy is Ann Coulter's policy for the USA. And it is the correct one.

[@animateddepression]

3 year moratorium on the current government.

[@boblawblaw9451]

Us Canadians have the right to protect our borders.

[@prettyboyzzz9]

Canada is facing housing, healthcare, education, infrastructure, inflation and food crisis for those who are already here. We need a hold on immigration! some canadian can't even find a roof over there head , we ne to think to canadian first !

[@icydsting6037]

@@prettyboyzzz9 same in the UK, doubt it will change though

[@abisheksilva546]

yes

[@bubblelady8528]

So do us americans

[@socomxx]

Yes, but you need to take some more action and vote for the correct politicians. USA, we need to get Biden out, get Trump back in and the border will be controlled like how it was.

[@Tra338]

No papers. No entry Illegal entry. No entry No skill to take care of self. No entry

[@andrewpopov1841]

"People have the right to milk our welfare system" smh

[@rorytribbet6424]

Make them leave. This is outrageous. You aren’t entitled to permanent residence in our countries. Stay in your home and fight to make things better or find somewhere else.

[@zeitgeistx5239]

You need a functional federal government for that. America doesn’t even have a national identity system.

[@josepha.r5839]

Conundrum: Leave to where and how are they going to get there? If I were in same situation I'd just sit down and be arrested and wait. There are only so many lock-up cells.

[@Justsaying-cg2nz]

Absolutely correct nobody owe anybody anything. If you want something, earn it yourself legally and professionally not as an illegal immigrant nor as a professional beggars.

[@dumdumgarcia2830]

Or they could apply through legal means like most others who appreciate the value of having law and order and wait their turn.

[@prettyboyzzz9]

Canada is facing housing, healthcare, education, infrastructure, inflation and food crisis for those who are already here. We need a hold on immigration! some canadian can't even find a roof over there head , we ne to think to canadian first !

[@brian13105]

We in Canada have enjoyed a undefended and relatively open border with our U.S. neighbors and friends for a couple of centuries now mainly because we both believe in freedom along with LAW & ORDER . Follow the LAW when coming here and you're welcome . Try to sneak or break in and you're not .

[@dhruvshukla2389]

Rightly said.

[@angryanglocanadian7581]

@@dhruvshukla2389 why is indian commenting?

[@dhruvshukla2389]

@@angryanglocanadian7581 Because fyi, Indians have immigrated a lot to Canada. It's like a trend here to send ur 18 year olds to Canada.

[@dhruvshukla2389]

@@angryanglocanadian7581 Moreover, Indians have immigrated in such large amounts to Canada that even the Canadians and other immigrant communities in Canada r fearing for their jobs, individuality and lack of freedom because of Indians. There r talks to create "another India" or "to replace the Canadian flag with the Indian flag". Indians have inflated the Canadian job market so much that the Canadian govt. is finding it hard to ease the interests of their own people + other immigrant communities. And the first and foremost reason y Indians r moving to Canada is that once they get the Canadian Permanent Residency, they can easily migrate to the US (as a Canadian PR, ofc). Reality is, Indians don't wanna stay in Canada. It's not that India is a bad country. India is booming with rapid infrastructure development rn. I m sure my country will do great in the future. Those r fools who have migrated to Canada and r now creating difficulties for our fellow Canadians. I scored 7 bands in IELTS, but I dropped the decision to come to Canada on a student visa. I decided to keep on living in my own country.

[@nocapnobs7845]

The natives who lived here didn't enjoy the same courtesy you seek now. Do they not teach history in your schools?

[@Cerdo_asqueroso]

I tried to migrate to Canada few years ago, but the tedious and costly process made me give up. It doesn't worth it, really. Before wanting to migrate some place, love yourself and be proud of you who are. At the end of the day, you're a human being and no government has the right to make your life harder.

[@truth4004]

it sucks if you're married to a foreigner and its a total hellscape to go through immigration. its not fair. and if you have no money saved you cant go.

[@TokiPollypocket22]

TO BAD SO SAD, BOO HOO

[@iprincemajestic2.0]

You should try migrating back to your homeland and fixing it. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@charlieecho7253]

I love this. I was a US border patrol agent on the Mexican border and I have grown to tired of the insults from my friends and family in Canada about “trumps racist border policy”. I want to see them deal with all of these immigrants problems so that they can learn how compassion in the United States has been abused and has now run out. You have no idea how horrible this problem is. The news in Canada is so biased that you’ve never seen the reality of it. Once Canada has to deal with it all at once, I think it will bring both countries together and stop with all this US hatred that I hear when I’m up north.

[@eulerthegreatestofall147]

A big part of the solution, is closing both borders: Mexico-US and US-Canada, and implementing the rule that asylum seekers must apply from their countries of origin. The rest, it is basically creating incentives for those illegal aliens claiming for false asylum in either US or Canada.

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength ,

[@eulerthegreatestofall147]

@@jetgdvsdfgd Not with the kind of people now crossing the border, many of them are criminal released from the most dangerous prisons from Venezuela according to the news.

[@Betelgeuse732]

🤠🤠👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jpmeyer09]

@@jetgdvsdfgd diversity is a cancer

[@josepha.r5839]

Most come anyway to the US border and know their chances are better than seeking an 'official' application from their countries of origin from their home countries. I've worked in many countries and known many who try to apply but are up against insurmountable obstacles .... unless they have money and/or 'know someone' in the US.

[@donaldliard6054]

They should be in jail for crossing the borders illigally. And deported. Immediately all taxpayers money

[@dixieblonde2208]

I agree

[@audreychen5363]

Agree with you. But firstly, the Americans, Canadians, Australians and the west Europeans should be in jail for bombing these asylum seekers countries (the very reason why they have left their country).

[@valevisa8429]

I once crossed a border illegally,it was the only choice.Freedom seekers know no borders.

[@sammexp]

Yeah the problem is that countries learned from World war II and don't want to put people in concentration centres

[@melindacadarette3447]

We do - we have asylum centres for that reason and we deport people all the time. The problem is that more and more people are coming in creating a backlog (COVID didn't help). It takes time to process everything - paperwork, paperwork & more paperwork - not to mention any appeals, injunctions, inquiries and so forth. People don't understand just how time-consuming it really is.

[@catherinemorgan2741]

We have people here already starving and no housing, but you expect us to do the same for them

[@carlosjohnson8795]

You think the US/Mexican border is closed with 200-300 thousand illegal immigrants every month and you think the safe third country agreement is followed?

[@angelotodaro1475]

There is a difference between compassion and lawlessness. I would never suggest, let alone demand that this well meaning woman remove the front door to her home, even if doing so might benefit someone less fortunate.

[@rumbecker5085]

They should all be sent back

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength,,

[@valevisa8429]

Unless you are a native Canadian,you are also an illegal in that country.

[@julienielsen4462]

What happened to the quota system? What happens to those waiting for years with papers?

[@beleg1437]

Oh, the humanity. How dare Canada demand that immigrants crose the boarder legally at official crossings!

[@avis2986]

40,000! Wow, I didn't know that. It's outrageous who's gonna pay for all these guys, the taxpayers

[@dixieblonde2208]

USA 7 million illegals in country , all on taxpayers , how does that sound ?!?!???

[@prettyboyzzz9]

Canada is facing housing, healthcare, education, infrastructure, inflation and food crisis for those who are already here. We need a hold on immigration! some canadian can't even find a roof over there head , we ne to think to canadian first !

[@JitzyJT]

@@prettyboyzzz9 deal with it....Your ancestors immigrated to this continent mostly without any papers or other BS......So entitled huh?

[@bluerefr]

Imagine how us Americans feel with millions crossing each year! It's taking a toll on our country and Canada & the US need to work together to stop it

[@vmoses1979]

​@@bluerefrCanada takes in many more people per capita. You have 330 million - a million people from Latin America is not a lot.

[@damianvisser977]

Imagine that. A border you can't just walk across.

[@FrankQC100]

Smart.

[@kimjohnson8471]

MEANIES!

[@Mageroeth]

Boy this aged poorly.

[@downieduck2414]

what ever happened to the idea, that if you country is oppressing, you stay and fight, sometimes it costs lives to change things but all western countries have had to do it..

[@Tiok2023]

It is just amazing how generous the Canadians are to those illegal immigrants when local tax payers suffer from house shortage and healthcare problems and crimes... I always admired your system and being generous and correct but probably you also have right to protect your own lives..

[@reekinronald6776]

You can have a Welfare State or you can have open borders, you can't have both. -Milton Friedman, Economist Something so obvious that a child knows its true. The question that will puzzle intellectuals for the next 1000 years, is why did most Western leaders in the 2020s think you could have both.

[@Roberto-xc5xy]

@@reekinronald6776 Western Nations are being invaded by poor, uneducated people who don't respect democracy, women, LGBTQ etc. ...

[@diegorivera9197]

Generous? Putting 180 people in a small warehouse is generous for you? The lack of empathy is tangible.

[@Roberto-xc5xy]

@@diegorivera9197 Nobody asked them to leave their country ...

[@Jojothegodofrandom]

Probably lol

[@TehPwnerer]

Don't understand how enforcing existing agreements is a bad thing. Asylum seekers should deal with the first country that they land at there is nothing that unsafe about America that it's a human rights issue that is absurd

[@torablack]

ikr/

[@v.a.993]

I don't understand people in Latin America bypassing democratic and stable countries in Latin America e.g., Costa Rica, Panama, Uruguay etc. to come to the U.S. If a person is truly seeking asylum, then the first safe country they enter should be were they seek asylum, no cherry-picking.

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength ,

[@Betelgeuse732]

@@v.a.993 👍👍👍👍

[@special1740]

@@jetgdvsdfgd Not! European culture is our strength!

[@patriciachura9320]

Where are the Human Rights folks for all those Canadians living on the street, those who have no healthcare, can’t afford their utility bills. Close the doors until the country is sorted out and able to look after its citizens as it should be doing.

[@douglaschavez532]

This is a disaster. . . . A plain simple disaster

[@yuriisamoliuc]

Bruh they come illegally , they pass 8 countries, and then try to pass another border and people should feel bad for people who violate borders, essentialy breaking the law🤡reporters

[@solconcordia4315]

People should be allowed to file petition for asylum in the first country they have set foot in with which the targeted country has diplomatic relationship. I'm for Nationalism, not Domesticism, regarding this asylum process.

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength ,

[@Shmidtk]

@@jetgdvsdfgd unless they will ask your wife to put a hydgab and force you to obey sharia...

[@KarlGerhardRoth]

In the mind of DW there can never be too many asylum seekers.

[@thomasleise7012]

And never too many booster shots...

[@masterkraft4746]

100% subsidized propagandist media in the EU, wonder who is giving these guys the money

[@josepha.r5839]

Unfortunately, they will be affirmed .. like it or not.

[@markanthony3275]

Exactly ! Great analysis!

[@terrylee6703]

Totally. More and better for DW business

[@pabsswede8740]

Good luck renting a 1 bedroom apartment for $2500.

[@bobjacobson858]

Well, if Canada believes the US isn't safe for asylum seekers, then the Canadian government is welcome to admit them. Canada has plenty of room, too.

[@Andrew_Tate_Personal]

Dear Canada, Do NOT let them in!!!!! PROTECT YOUR LAND!!! From England!!!

[@KipngetichRono11]

Says a person from England, which colonized and infested nearly half the world just a few years ago.

[@prettyboyzzz9]

Canada is facing housing, healthcare, education, infrastructure, inflation and food crisis for those who are already here. We need a hold on immigration! some canadian can't even find a roof over there head , we ne to think to canadian first !

[@-.Ren_Ren.-]

​@@prettyboyzzz9 Canadians first? They are all people who all need the bare neceitoes wherever they are. The world is humanity's, not only a part thereof

[@theuglykwan]

PROTECT YOUR LAND from England!!! If only we told the natives that back in the day... 😂 Canada is 69.8% white. England is 81% white.

[@traumaturgist]

@@-.Ren_Ren.- Not true. What you call "humaity" is made up of different tribes/states/groups whether you like it or not. You can't help everyone...nor should you try.

[@M1911jln]

Your title of this video, that the border between Canada and the US is closed, is flat out wrong. The border is not closed. If you have proper documentation you can still cross the border in either direction.

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength,,

[@boblawblaw9451]

Thank you for the facts. They try to manipulate people inti feeling sympathetic

[@bluerefr]

With proper documents it's actually extremely easy too, especially for EU, US & Canadian citizens. It's one of the most open borders in the world and far from closed.

[@paulz6491]

Exactly its the illegal crossings that are closed not the border. You have to go to an official border crossing if you want to claim refuge status.

[@mackcummy4976]

The only people against it are those who can't make money off it.

[@youknowkbbaby]

I agree.

[@mackcummy4976]

I know

[@nevadaoakie6551]

It's past time to stop this nonsense. They walked here, let them walk back.

[@jamesmiller9936]

Don't care. Not our problem. If they dont like their country they should make to effort to change it.

[@u.synlig]

Just as your ancestors did, right? 😉

[@u.synlig]

@@special1740 I did not ask _how_ they arrived in the U.S. I pointed out that his ancestors likely _did_ relocate to the U.S., rather than “make an effort to change” the disliked conditions of their own home country - as he advises to others.

[@jetgdvsdfgd]

Diversity is our strength ,

[@Rainforestdelight]

@@jetgdvsdfgdI hope that’s sarcasm.

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

Yeah, the "getting killed for attempting to" part makes things a tad difficult.

[@jaapongeveer6203]

Stay home and work to make your own country better. Stop freeloading off of the work we put in to build what we have.

[@no_more_spamplease5121]

You personally built nothing. You have just been freeloading off your genitor's womb. Therefore, it isn't your business to teach anybody what to do. 🤫

[@infectedvoice4670]

We? But you haven't achieved anything.

[@justinleon3509]

that reporter wore sneakers to the parliament building...respectful

[@sivan1127]

The reporters really gave a detailed review

[@michelleryder2712]

Imagine a quick solution and 180 beds for families already in Canada that are homeless. It’s unfortunate but at some point we have to realize we just can’t help much right now with a housing crisis.

[@jejeroy]

We would be some real hypocrites, this like welcoming peoples when your own house is already full....

[@95keat]

Imagine making it all the way through Mexico into America and then go all the way through America to try to get into Canada, and expect people to still at that point feel sympathy for your situation.

[@memofromessex]

Immigrants travel across Europe to get to the UK and even Ireland. You'd think at one point they'd want to stay in a 'safe country', but no, they go further and at great risk.

[@souslesbombes]

Imagine having sympathy for poor people trying to find a better life for them and their family.

[@miguelmelchior986]

@@memofromessex Different, those want an english speaking country.

[@Snaakie83]

​@@memofromessexYeah, wait until you nutjobs have pissed off the EU enough so we'll stop patrolling borders in France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

[@markmitchell457]

The woman featured doesn't speak English and thinks the US is supposed to help her. She is not going to have an easy time. I see a free airplane ride back home in her future.

[@InterestedCitizen]

Do they not know that Canada's homeless are growing daily? Do they want to live outside in tents in the winter and go to food banks?

[@Runnygraph20]

The people who are responsible for this SHOULD AND WILL PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE.....

[@hagakuru]

Came to Canada "unofficially" - why don't you just say "illegally" - this softening of what is a CRIME is nonsense. Call it what it is ffs.. Every single one of those people featured seeking asylum could have done so within their own countries to the US consulate or embassy in their respective countries. But they didn't, because they are gaming the system and they know it. They know that during the application review process they can stay - and they take advantage of it. Then they have the balls to complain about the conditions? DON'T COME HERE THEN.

[@ishkanark6725]

Their own countries are oppressive and likely didn't have any options to leave outside of illegally crossing borders while the US is much more harsh towards people fleeing from other countries

[@east_coast_ceo1070]

People have a misunderstanding. These countries are very good countries and have many immigrants in both countries. Most immigrants come here after getting documentation while others break rules and laws to cross illegally.

[@Automedon2]

The US permits one million legally and medically vetted immigrants a year. One of the most generous immigration policies in the world. Try and storm the border of these people's home countries.

[@lipschitzlyapunov]

Literally illegal immigrants from Mexico and South American countries have a better time getting citizenship than people coming to Canada or the US legally.

[@prettyboyzzz9]

Canada is facing housing, healthcare, education, infrastructure, inflation and food crisis for those who are already here. We need a hold on immigration! some canadian can't even find a roof over there head , we ne to think to canadian first !

[@scottythegreat1]

@@prettyboyzzz9 I wouldnt call it a hold on immigration. If we did that, the housing market would collapse. I guarantee that as soon as something like this gets announced, housing speculators and home renovators would 'massively' sell off their assets, leaving Canadian housing markets in such an extreme buyers market that we would experience deflation of our currency (it wouldnt hurt if it was just a little deflation, but too much would destroy our currency). We are damned if we do and damned if we dont when it comes to immigration. Ive called for a rollback to 250,000 new immigrants (Harper era immigration levels) for at least the next 5 years. It would at least give buyers some options and significantly reduce the amount of renovictions.

[@lrn_news9171]

@@scottythegreat1Housing will collapse regardless and it's better sooner than later. It's a housing bubble and the bigger it gets the harder it'll fall. We need to allow the market to regulate itself.

[@artemshevtsov6062]

I am 18 living in Ontario, fresh out of high school and starting my professional life and I am scared for my future.

[@Deb1650]

Why don't they unite and fix their own countries?

[@annamariaclaudia548]

The border was closed because Canada’s ability to receive more asylum seekers had come to a breaking point, particularly in Quebec. Unlike the USA, we have universal health care but it is in a deep crisis; so are housing, education and food prices. On the other hand, many want to come to Canada because they expect our government to give them free housing, health care and a monthly income. At the end of the day, the vast majority of Canadians support the government on this

[@michaelgavinjohnston7985]

god bless

[@user-zh6om8ti5m]

Not really: asylum hasn't and is not gonna stop, as they are still doing it for anyone arriving by plane, which is a growing number of individuals just in the past year. Seems you are repeating the story the media/government wants you to believe

[@mariannelabanane2589]

But, before that, it was an unelected opposition political party in Quebec (the Parti Quebecois with Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon) which had the courage to denounce this and which succeeded in putting pressure to get things moving and to have the law restored and the border protected has it normally should. Their pressure make Trudeau act on the problem he naively (and stupidly) created.

[@oliverstianhugaas7493]

*GIVE ME YOUR STUFF! I WANT FREE THINGS!*

[@WhyDoThat]

Yes, a healthcare system that leaches off the US.

[@MisterMonsterMan]

The Canadian citizens shouldnt have to be on the hook for this........ and they dont want to be. Close the border.

[@javiervega1065]

No leave it open

[@puchokoffie8152]

@@javiervega1065 why should it be open? Explain clear.

[@sparkles999rose2]

@@puchokoffie8152because he wants to colonize Canada with millions of useless people

[@ibrahimalharbi3358]

Democracy is big joke Taxation is theft!

[@dalejensen5828]

What this video shows is healthy working age people. They should not be eligible for asylum, ship them back to their countries so they can get a job, and charge them with a crime for being here illegally.

[@Anne.411]

How come the Northern border can be closed but the southern one cant?? They also are supposed to be seeking asylum in countries that they pass through

[@williambaird2594]

I tune into DW because it is generally balanced reporting. This mini-doc isn't terribly one sided, but it does come across as appealing to emotion to make the point that Canada and the US are in the wrong on these policies. There is no explanation in this doc as to why the Liberals and US decided to pass the safe third country agreement, making the agreement look heartless and cruel. However, as plenty have already written in the comments, Canada is going through general economic crisis. High cost of living, scarce housing, low productivity, innovation, investment, all combined with a dysfunctional and costly social welfare system and unprecedented immigration in the last couple years puts Canada in a position so as not to be capable of supporting further tens of thousands of immigrants from the south, especially when undocumented. Do better DW. Nothing was done here to contextualize the passing of this border agreement

[@brendaclark4023]

Thats another whole story. Google it

[@duckmercy11]

Facts.

[@joshuaradick5679]

People need to understand that from the POV of the Canadian government it is one thing to criticize the US policies but another thing entirely to relax their own policies, or as the Californians say, “not in my back yard.”

[@goeast12]

Except Californians accepts more than their fair share of immigrants without demonizing poor people who are trying to give their children a better life and they accept homeless from all over the country. I used to volunteer to work with the homeless through my former employer and they are pretty much never from California and were often given tickets to California by authorities in their former home city with the rationalization that the weather is perfect in California. Hawaii had the same issue and they flew the homeless back to their home state. California takes responsibility and spends billions every year on the homeless.

[@joshuaradick5679]

@@goeast12 I’m talking about Canada, and how people need to not criticize them and just focus on how the US handles the issue.

[@marysimmon7388]

If Mexico isn’t a “safe third country”, why do so many US and Canadian citizens vacation there? Anyone?