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A growing source of Canadian asylum-seekers: US citizens whose parents were born elsewhere

  • Written by Sean Rehaag, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada

Jokes about moving to Canada became common among progressives in the United States during Donald Trump’s presidential bid. When he won, a spike in U.S. citizens seeking information about how to relocate crashed Canada’s immigration website.

I’m a scholar of Canadian immigration law and will soon become the director of the Centre...

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