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Jamie Sarkonak: Why one man's migrant-running operation was excused by Canadian officials

He drove people within the U.S. to the Canada border so they could walk over and make an asylum claim, but we can't ban him for it

Helping migrants come to Canada for the purpose of making asylum claims is little different from running a tour operation in the area around the border, says Canada’s immigration board. It’s yet another entry on the long list of ways in which people can exploit our system with impunity.

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The matter was decided by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada back in March, but was only published online days ago. A “foreign national” named Kevin Franklin — most likely an American, seeing that is where he was working from, though his country isn’t identified — found himself before the tribunal because Public Safety Canada had declared him inadmissible on the grounds that he was believed to be a human smuggler.

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Franklin, for his part, admitted to “having transported individuals near the Canadian border on three occasions,” but denied that he facilitated their movement across the border. He also denied that he was in a criminal organization.

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