[BCFSN] Fwd: [Noii-announce] Petition: Welcome Those Fleeing Violence and Deportation Under Trump

[Dawn Morrison]

Hi All,
Please sign and share this important petition. Many of the people growing
our food, much of which comes from the US are Indigenous migrant workers
and will be affected by this evil man. This affects all Canadians who must
push the governments to do the right thing. The time is now! Indigenous
peoples who are migrating around the world in response to capitalism,
climate change, colonialism and crazy people, are calling on people of all
creeds and cultures to stand strong in solidarity. We cannot turn our backs
and be accomplices any longer.

In the spirit of food sovereignty and solidarity,
Dawn
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From: "No One Is Illegal-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories" <
noii-van at resist.ca>
Date: Jan 26, 2017 3:58 PM
Subject: [Noii-announce] Petition: Welcome Those Fleeing Violence and
Deportation Under Trump
To: <noii-l at lists.resist.ca>
Cc:

Tell Trudeau: Welcome Those Fleeing Violence and Deportation Under Trump
> *Sign the petition*: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/tell-trudeau-
> welcome-those-fleeing-violence-and-deportation-under-trump?source=noii&
> bucket=noii
>
> Don’t turn away asylum seekers fleeing violence and deportation from
> Trump’s America. We are calling on Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister
> Hussen to immediately rescind the “Safe Third Country Agreement”, and that
> immediate steps be taken to allow special consideration of humanitarian and
> compassionate reasons for entry to Canada as enabled by the Immigration and
> Refugee Protection Act.
>
> Trump’s deportations could start any minute -- and with real people’s
> lives on the line, the stakes couldn’t be higher. It’s our ethical
> responsibility to act, and it cannot wait.
>
> *Why is this important?*
>
> After just a few days in office, President Trump is already beginning to
> implement his racist, anti-immigrant agenda. He’s about to launch a major
> effort to hunt down and deport millions of undocumented people and asylum
> seekers in the US. Many went to the US to escape violence, and they could
> be persecuted or killed if they’re sent back to their countries of origin.
>
> *Shockingly, if an asylum seeker currently in the US showed up at the
> Canadian border trying to escape deportation to an unsafe country -- Canada
> would turn them away.*
>
> Canada doesn’t accept any asylum seekers who come to Canada via the US,
> because of an outdated law called the “Safe Third Country Agreement”. This
> law prevents most people fleeing violence or persecution from seeking
> refuge in Canada if they land in the US -- deemed a “safe country” under
> the law -- first.[1]
>
> Except remaining in Trump’s America is unsafe -- particularly for poor and
> racialized people. For many people, deportation may also be a death
> sentence. The Safe Third Country Agreement is the reason refugees put their
> lives at risk trying to cross the US-Canada border secretly rather than
> going through official channels. Some people have lost fingers and toes to
> frostbite - just narrowly escaping death - by making this trek across the
> border in subzero winter temperatures. [2]
>
> We demand that Trudeau repeal the “Safe Third Country” agreement in order
> to allow people fleeing violence and deportation in the US to seek safety
> and protection in Canada. Trump’s deportations could start any minute --
> and with real people’s lives on the line, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
> It’s our ethical responsibility to act, and it cannot wait.
>
> *Sign the petition now to demand that Trudeau rescind the exclusionary
> “Safe Third Country” agreement.*
>
> Deportations are just one part of Trump’s racist immigration policies. In
> one day alone, he started the construction of US-Mexican border wall and
> committed to defund ‘Sanctuary Cities’ which protect undocumented people
> from deportation. He also tripled the number of immigration enforcement
> officers in an effort to ramp up deportations, and has either restricted or
> outright banned immigration from Muslim-majority countries. [3]
>
> This is just a part of the larger fight for migrant justice. Immigrants on
> both sides of the border are routinely denied immigration status, forced
> into precarious work, and denied access to essential services. Stay tuned
> for upcoming actions to make our communities safe for all people,
> regardless of immigration status. Visit http://www.nooneisillegal.org to
> learn more and join our movement.
>
> [1] Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement http://www.cic.gc.
> ca/english/department/laws-policy/menu-safethird.asp
>
> [2] New numbers show spike in asylum seekers crossing from U.S. to
> Manitoba (CBC News). http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/refugees-
> manitoba-emerson-crossing-1.3926754
>
> [3] Trump moves ahead with wall, puts stamp on U.S. immigration, security
> policy (Reuters). http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-
> immigration-idUSKBN1591HP?il=0
>
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